Colin

I attended a performance of Crown Ballet's Swan Lake last night 30 sept 23. I've posted a review. Obviously they arent Birmingham Royal Ballet or Russian Ballet. The troupe were pretty tight and disciplined on our 14 × 14m stage at Consett Empire. All in all a worthwhile visit and very enjoyable to see a small troupe (20+) attending our small regional theatre. The music was taped, Consett doesnt have an orchestra pit in any case but it waa perfectly reasonable. I'd go again.

Attended the ballet at Consett Empire Theatre 30th Sept 2023. They performed Swan Lake. Considering the compact stage at Consett they had a corps of about 20 dancers and the performance was very good. The dancers appeared mainly Chinese with some Russian/ Moldovan surnames too. Technically they were very tight and disciplined. The man playing the Jester was amazing, he was full of humour and coordinated the comings and goings of the groups as well as putting in an exuberant dance performance himself. The price was £27 per person which was amazing value compared to more famous companies who visit our large theatres at Newcastle and Sunderland. The audience certainly enjoyed it, applauding enthusiastically.