Rupert Christiansen

The best British Nutcracker

Rupert Christiansen compares four productions – from the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and McOnie Company

The Royal Ballet's staging of Nutcracker has a richness of texture that makes it more emotionally involving than Birmingham Royal Ballet's. Image: ©2022 Asya Verzhbinsky

  • Birmingham Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker

    Birmingham Hippodrome

  • Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker

    Royal Opera House, in rep until 13 January 2024

  • English National Ballet: Nutcracker

    Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, and at the London Coliseum until 7 January 2024

  • McOnie Company: Nutcracker

    Tuff Nutt Jazz Club, Southbank Centre, until 6 January 2024

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