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After a few years in the provinces, I was again struggling round London’s theatrical foothills, doing some work in the drama schools...

The first thing you really must do – if it’s still possible – is to book a seat for yourself and your partner or best friend at your...

1963. There I am, 19 years old, convinced, on the strength of one school Shakespeare, that I would be welcomed as god’s gift to...

Once Rudi’s freedom was officially established, the Cuevas company invited him to dance with us in Sleeping Beauty, our new production...

He was perhaps the greatest male dancer of the 20th century, certainly the most famous. His leap to freedom, an event at the heart of world