{"id":16863,"date":"2018-11-06T13:19:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T12:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=16863"},"modified":"2018-11-07T12:13:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T11:13:57","slug":"the-funniest-sunniest-english-ballet-masterpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2018\/11\/the-funniest-sunniest-english-ballet-masterpiece\/","title":{"rendered":"The funniest, sunniest English ballet masterpiece!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>This November Birmingham Royal Ballet brings the sunniest and funniest of ballets to the Grand Opera House with the ever-summery La Fille mal gard\u00e9e (The Wayward Daughter).<\/h1>\n<p>Lise has a choice to make. Loaded country bumpkin or penniless, hunky farmhand? Of course, there\u2019s no contest, but her mum has other ideas. Heels are dug in and sparks fly, as a mother-daughter battle ensues.<\/p>\n<p>Mixing spectacular classical ballet with slick comedy, a clog-dancing dame and a super-cute pony, as well as live music by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, this is sure to be fantastic entertainment for you, your friends, and all your family!<\/p>\n<p>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 \u2018Enchantingly and hilariously silly\u2019 The Daily Telegraph<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 \u2018Unmissable\u2019 The Daily Express<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 \u2018If there is a happier ballet than Fille, then I do not know of it\u2019 The Birmingham Post<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JIOm0cfJsLI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free Pre-Performance Talk<br \/>\n<\/strong>Friday 9 November 6.30pm. Call box office on 028 9024 1919 to reserve your place<\/p>\n<p>A unique opportunity to hear about what it takes to be performance ready. Hear how Birmingham Royal Ballet stages its magnificent shows and what life is really like on the road. Talks are given by dancers of the Company as well as various members of staff .<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nCompany class on stage<br \/>\n<\/strong>Saturday 11.45am | \u00a310<\/p>\n<p>Ever wondered what a ballet dancer does to prepare for a day of rehearsal and performance? This is your chance to watch an open Company class on stage and find out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goh.co.uk\/book-now\/1089\/?_ga=2.162702773.846522440.1541506617-1837738033.1540894531\">BOOK NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This November Birmingham Royal Ballet brings the sunniest and funniest of ballets to the Grand Opera House with the ever-summery La Fille mal gard\u00e9e (The Wayward Daughter). Lise has a choice to make. Loaded country bumpkin or penniless, hunky farmhand? Of course, there\u2019s no contest, but her mum has other ideas. Heels are dug in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2018\/11\/the-funniest-sunniest-english-ballet-masterpiece\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16865,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16863\/revisions\/16865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}