Podcast » Beryl Grey
Beryl Grey talks to Frank Freeman about her early training, first with Madeleine Sharp and then with Phyllis Bedells before going to the Sadler’s Wells School at the age of 10 in 1937. She joined...
ballets » Lady and the Fool
Podcast » Marcia Haydée
In April 2017, Marcia Haydée was in Stuttgart for a week to celebrate her 80th birthday. Patricia Linton, founder and director of Voices of British Ballet, knew this was her only opportunity to see...
Timeline Event » 1954 – Premiere of John Cranko’s The Lady and the Fool by Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet
The Lady and the Fool, first performed by Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet in 1954, was a collaboration between John Cranko and Charles Mackerras. As with Pineapple Poll, the music for the ballet was...
Grace Note » 1950s: Charles Mackerras and Pineapple Poll
Pineapple Poll was a ray of sunlight at the start of the 1950s. It is entirely in the spirit of Diaghilev – a fusion of dance, music and design. CHARLES MACKERRAS (b. Schenectady, New York, 17...