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Carnival of Shadows The beginning of a third decade of storytelling

Over the past 20 years, Akram Khan Company has become a platform that retells ancient myths to speak to us now and constantly reinvents itself in order to reflect the world as it changes.

Akram Khan in Carnival of Shadows
Midnight – A New Original Musical by Todrick Hall
On stage six dancers stand in the shadows, holding up a tool. In the centre spotlight is Todrick Hall, wearing a blue shirt with suspenders.

Midnight – A New Original Musical by Todrick Hall

Sadler's Wells East
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YLLANA - The Opera Locos
Five performers wearing eccentric blue and gold costumes, wigs and make up pose inside a gold frame. The frame has roses lining the bottom and has lightbulbs around the sides.

YLLANA - The Opera Locos

Sadler's Wells Theatre
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I’m Every Woman – The Chaka Khan Musical
Chaka Khan singing with flowing hair against a cosmic red background.

I’m Every Woman – The Chaka Khan Musical

Peacock Theatre
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Scottish Ballet - Mary, Queen of Scots
One female ballet dancer wearing black stands in front of a powerful queen wearing white

Scottish Ballet - Mary, Queen of Scots

Sadler's Wells Theatre
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