Adam Cooper's Shall we Dance?

To Sadlers Wells this week to see Adam Cooper's Shall We Dance? At £40 a ticket in a perfect venue for outstanding dance I expected something great but was given only good. I'm no arty-clarty arts reviewer but I know what I like and this just didn't do it for me. However, Judith Mackrell of The Guardian is the arts reviewer who covers dance and she's rather more eloquent in what she has to say.

Before the show, we went to a fish and chip restaurant and were given a decent meal, but you know, they weren't quite the real thing. (How could they be, in London?). The dance event felt a little like the same; could have been better, hotter, fresher and with more vinegar and salt.

Matthew Bourne's Dorian Gray

To the ballet this week to see Matthew Bourne's Dorian Gray. It was good stuff indeed but it didn't blow me away in that way Matthew Bourne's ballets have done in the past.

Eating ice-cream in the interval we spotted Oz Clarke from the telly sharing a bag of crisps with a woman. There was also a poster inviting punters to sign up to become a Friend of Matthew which I suspect is a little like being a Friend of Dorothy but with much nicer shoes.