Matthew Bourne 💙
@SirMattBourne
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Artistic Director of New Adventures. Choreographer. Knight. Dog Lover. Touring - Swan Lake - Oliver! (West End)
Joined April 2009
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All but forgotten these days but this glorious woman was an absolute genius … please enjoy the unique and wonderful Joyce Grenfell ….
Joyce Grenfell (28th January 1972). "George, George …. don't do that".
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Very touching story. Elephant Man: Joseph Merrick's grave 'found by author'
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I love the fact that @BillBailey is refusing to be a figure of fun on @bbcstrictly and just delivers great dancing week after week. @CraigRevHorwood was right. a revelation! Bravo Bill and @OtiMabuse #Strictly.
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Just caught up with Musicals Night on @bbcstrictly Outstanding production values and every couple outdid themselves tonight! (put them all through to the Semi-Final?) I smiled and wiped away tears throughout! Quite simply the best entertainment show on TV #Strictly ❤️💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺.
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I’m not sure the judging panel understood the story of unrequited love behind the song danced to by @TomFletcher & @dowden_amy last night? I found it eloquent and heartfelt. @bbcstrictly #Strictly.
Such a special routine for Tom and Amy, with all the magic of the West End 💖 #Strictly. @TomFletcher @dowden_amy
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Once again @Joe_Sugg is always a highlight for me and what this series is about. A nondancer and an inexperienced performer a few weeks back! His achievement is incredible. I’d be so sad if he didn’t make the final #vote @bbcstrictly #strictly.
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One of the greatest,most beloved and admired performers of all time. She conquered every medium effortlessly. Heartbroken tonight but so grateful to have met her on several occasions and will miss her dearly. She is what the word “Legend” was invented for 💔 #DameAngelaLansbury
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Once again @bbcstrictly way, way ahead of all the worlds Classical Ballet companies in gay representation - and this on prime time Sunday night TV! Bravo Strictly!! @JasonGilkison @Vito__Coppola @kuzmin__nikita @BalletcoForum
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The most daringly romantic and passionate male duet that @bbcstrictly have ever done on prime time tv! ( to @adamlambert #MadAboutTheBoy ) Massive Bravo to #NikitaKuzmin and #CarlosGu … and whoever choreographed? Was it you @JasonGilkison #Strictly.
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No full houses at theatres, no dancing at weddings, no festivals… but this is Ok @BorisJohnson ? #speechless
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Hamza giving the most pure dance pleasure tonight… he is the one to beat for sure! @bbcstrictly #strictly #Hamza.
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Bravo to @jojo_radebe @pernicegiovann1 & @gorkamarquez1 - drag, same sex couples and gay anthems . all in one primetime number!!! Thank you @BillDeamer @bbcstrictly #strictly.
Serving body, serving face, serving sequins for days ✨ Our #Strictly Pros know exactly how to bring it to the Ballroom!
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How about the wonderful @bonnie_langford for the #Strictly vacancy? She’s a national treasure and a great dancer. she has the credentials! @bbcstrictly
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Ok let’s get behind @maisie_smith_ & @gorkamarquez1 now . she’s bloody brilliant! @bbcstrictly #strictly.
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Storytelling on point, we're totally Fallin' for Rose and Giovanni's routine 💖 #Strictly. @RoseAylingEllis @pernicegiovann1
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An unthinkable situation! One of the country’s most loved venues, if not THE most loved? A national tragedy waiting to happen . are you listening @BorisJohnson & @OliverDowden ?
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In a country that boasts the best actors in the world we ask Liz Truss to give a reading at The Queens funeral 🙄.
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Really sorry to see @adam_peaty leave @bbcstrictly tonight… it’s always such a joy to see someone fall in love with dancing for the first time … you did yourself proud Adam! #KeepDancing #Strictly @Mrs_katjones.
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Nothing lifts the nations spirits better than @bbcstrictly at this time? . Don’t want to single anyone out. you are all fabulous. and bravo to @TheAntonDuBeke for 1st week as a Judge! #Strictly.
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. and we probably can’t stage a show with a live audience till next year!!!.
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Didn’t really agree with judges much tnt on @bbcstrictly - Best Choreography was @DavoodGhadami as The Phantom & @MollieKing embodied Sandy perfectly with @Aj11Ace - Who else missed @keviclifton ? #Strictly2017.
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Brb just watching @kelvin_fletcher and @OtiMabuse's Samba on repeat for three days solid. 😮😮😮 #Strictly
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Very sad to see the majestic and beautiful @michellevisage leave @bbcstrictly - the show is greatly diminished without her integrity and style. Bravo Michelle! #strictly @pernicegiovann1.
"The most unique couple #Strictly has ever seen." Thank you for the sass and class you brought to the show @MichelleVisage and @pernicegiovann1. This Strictly family will miss you.
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Just look at Strictly’s @ShirleyBallas . Respect!! @bbcstrictly.
.@ShirleyBallas is such a phonemonal dancer, #Strictly really couldn't have anyone else better as head judge xxx #ShirleyBallas
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What a great inspiration @kelvin_fletcher and @kayzer_1 must be to young guys who want to get into dance. their joy in dancing is infectious! @bbcstrictly #strictly.
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Thank you @bbcstrictly for now crediting choreographers for the pro dances on the Sunday Results show - great #RemembranceDay tribute #Strictly.
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Once again. Forget the top of the leaderboard - let’s vote for those that started dancing 10 weeks ago! Some wonderful and surprising performances this week @bbcstrictly #strictly.
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Hallelujah! Will sleep well tonight! Thank you to everyone in our industry who has lobbied so hard to make this happen and to @OliverDowden & @RishiSunak for listening . now for the detail.
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Come on @bbcstrictly - the nation really needs you to raise our spirits tonight! #strictly #final #christmascancelled.
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Thank you and bravo @NicolaSturgeon -Scotland leading the way yet again! Almost more welcome than the money (though it is VERY welcome) is the acknowledgment that our industry is of national importance!.
We know this will not solve every problem facing our culture sector, and that more support is needed. But I hope this £10m will be a lifeline for theatres - and also send a signal of how important we believe arts and culture are, not just to our economy, but to our wellbeing too.
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Very sad to see @ChuckyVenn & @karen_hauer go tonight. For me his achievement was greater? #BeProud @bbcstrictly #strictly.
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Loving the “no audience” @bbcstrictly It’s so touching to see the support from fellow contestants, crew and #Strictly team. So uplifting! Beats eating testicles and barbaric animal cruelty parading as entertainment on the other side!!!.
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Come on folks. ignore the leader board . let’s vote for the novice dancers who all did so brilliantly this week and deserve our support? @bbcstrictly #strictly.
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This is when @bbcstrictly gets truly moving. when a newcomer to dance does something truthful and beautiful! Congrats @StaceyDooley & @keviclifton #strictly.
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Lovely speech from my dear friend @keviclifton after his first ever dance-off! He and @SusanCalman may not have won but they exemplify why we love @bbcstrictly ❤️ #strictly #KevinClifton.
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Happy 25th Birthday . the night that changed my life forever! Love & thanks to everyone who has been a part of this over the years ❤️🦢 @New_Adventures #MatthewBournesSwanLake
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We are witnessing #strictly history - two women dance together, not as gal pals but in a conventional ballroom partnership! #extraordinarymoment @NicolaAdamsOBE @Mrs_katjones @bbcstrictly.
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I think we might have seen the four Strictly finalists tonight - @kelvin_fletcher @michellevisage @kayzer_1 and wild card @WillBayleytt Any other contenders? @bbcstrictly #strictly ( special mention to @AnnekaRice who was so beautiful ❤️).
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Bravo Strictly! Same sex duets are now a regular prime-time feature of the show. Not only from John and Johannes but in the pro dances too! Wish I’d seen that on TV when I was a kid #Inspiring @bbcstrictly #Stictly.
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What the hell does this mean? Tell me what to do, clearly, and I will happily comply for the common good. why then are we relaxing any measures when there are still over 20,000 new infections per day? Confused and frustrated!
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Yes! Everyone is upping their game so far tonight on @bbcstrictly but @keviclifton and @StaceyDooley were something else! She is such a natural and a joy to watch! This competition is now getting interesting! #Strictly.
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The lady who made me fall in love with theatre at the age of 13 came to see my show today! #DameAngelaLansbury 👠👠 @_AngelaLansbury #legend
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Wow! @keviclifton may be my mate but I have to say that was incredible choreography!! @StaceyDooley looked so powerful . onwards to the final!!! #strictly2018 @bbcstrictly.
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I don’t care about too much rise and fall in @Joe_Sugg Viennese Waltz? It was so sincerely performed it completely won me over. @bbcstrictly @strictly.
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Her career to date had already marked her out as one of the greats but we wanted another 30 years or more of her extraordinary talent. So sudden, so heartbreaking . Condolences to all who loved her 💔 #RIPHelenMcCrory @lewis_damian
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Happy 85th Birthday to the one and only Julia McKenzie! 🎂🎉🎈🎂🎉♥️ #JuliaMcKenzie @SondheimFriends
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My top 3? @StrictlyJohn @adam_peaty and @AJOdudu but they all did so well on show one… I’m hooked and here for the #strictly ride 2021! @bbcstrictly.
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Fantastic line-up for @bbcstrictly Final. All have such a competitive spirit- No obvious winner. it’s going to be about who delivers on the night. Can’t wait! #strictly @BillBailey @HRVY @maisie_smith_ @JamieLaing_UK @OtiMabuse @JManrara @gorkamarquez1 @karen_hauer.
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Breaks my heart to read this tweet from one of my (currently not working) dancers Cameron Flynn. 💔x @cameronflynn__ @New_Adventures @OliverDowden @BorisJohnson.
Got to be honest, today was a sad day, after working 10hr shift in a pub I saw no social distancing and drunk men. I lost my dream job in theatre and got 0 government support. All I ask is please stick to social distancing, this isn’t over. I’d like my job back 😢#theatre.
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For me this will always be one of the greatest duets ever choreographed - heaven! ❤️.
Dancing in the Dark - Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon (1953) dir: Vincente Minnelli music: Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
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Yes! @kelvin_fletcher & @OtiMabuse - flawless from show one! Inspirational role models and dance ambassadors. hard work, passion and integrity - Thank you! @bbcstrictly #strictly.
Strictly Come Dancing 2019 crowns its winners
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What a great night on @bbcstrictly - A real competition with so much talent and improvement… no obvious finalists yet? #Strictly.
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Devastated for all my colleagues in Theatre and Dance who had performances planned in the coming month. Necessary but heartbreaking nonetheless.
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Really impressed by @GreatDancerTV tonight. The sincerity of the mentors, the talent of the finalists, a moving gay duet on Primetime @BBCOne All very inspiring. Thank you @CherylOfficial #matthewmorrison @todrick @OtiMabuse.
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For everyone who thinks the new movie compares to or even surpasses the original 1961 movie… take another look today on @BBCTwo at 4.35 and eat your words! A cinematic masterpiece by Robert Wise and most importantly, Jerome Robbins! #WestSideStory
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STOP PRESS . @New_Adventures production of #TheRedShoes to receive broadcast premiere on @BBCTwo this Christmas! 👠👠 details to follow.
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I know we are supposed to watch the celebrity but @jojo_radebe was electric! #newstrictlystar @bbcstrictly #strictly.
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Time to start predicting the @bbcstrictly final? Let’s put through the best dancers? Quite a few great ones but my money is on @BillBailey @claraamfo and probably the best potential dancer in this series @HRVY - Get voting folks!! #strictly @OtiMabuse @AljazSkorjanec @JManrara.
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No words! 😞.
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#TheLegendReturns TONIGHT! First show of 2018/9 Tour. Wish us luck!! #MatthewBournesSwanLake @TRPlymouth @New_Adventures
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Revealed! Her Majesty's favourite song. #DancingQueen How perfect is that?
Yaaaaass Queen! The Queen's favorite song will give you life! #YasQueen #QueenElizabeth.
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Just in…. @New_Adventures NUTCRACKER! to be broadcast on @BBCTwo this Christmas!! 🍭🎂🎉 🎄🍭🎂🎉🎄🍭🎂🎉🎄🍭🎂🎉🎄
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This really is the year when the @bbcstrictly pro dancers are now way more famous than their “celebrity” partners? Great that so many dancers are now household names? #Strictly @SCD2019UK.
Strictly Come Dancing 2019 launch show – live
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Who thinks that a campaign to get the choreographers mentioned on @bbcstrictly (like the singers) next season is a good idea? 👍🏻 @DanceTabs.
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24 years ago today my #SwanLake premiered @Sadlers_Wells starring the great @adamrcooper - This morning we talk about his return to @New_Adventures for #TheRedShoes on @BBCRadio2 @grahnort show! 🦢👠👠
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Our 99th performance of #SwanLake is also our last of 2018 and exactly half way through our Sold Out 8 week season @Sadlers_Wells - so proud of this company that gives their all at every performance! Bring on 2019!! ❤️🦢@New_Adventures
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CONFIRMED! Will be broadcast on Christmas Day on @BBCTwo at 1.40pm - a Pre- Christmas Lunch treat! 🎂🍭🎄🎂🍭🎄🎂🍭🎄 @New_Adventures #NUTCRACKER!
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Touches of @New_Adventures #Cinderella tonight in the #RemembranceDay pro dance? Very touched to see a gay couple included in the railway station farewells, sincerely performed by @keviclifton & @gorkamarquez1 (also very New Adventures!) Thank you @bbcstrictly #Strictly ❤️.
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Bob Fosse may have been a genius choreographer but he was also one of the greatest dancers of all time! Watch this gem with the amazing Carol Haney.
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Just caught up with tonight’s @bbcstrictly and have to say that the general level of choreography was bloody brilliant!! Bravo to all the choreographers! #Strictly.
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Happy Birthday to Dame Olivia de Havilland! She made her first movie 85 years ago and is, astonishingly, 104 years old today!! #HollywoodLegend #GoneWithTheWind #OliviaDeHavilland 🎈🎉🎈🎉🎈
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It’s time to put on the red shoes again. rehearsals start tomorrow! 👠👠 @New_Adventures #TheRedShoes @Sadlers_Wells
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Cannot find a mention of the passing of the legendary #LynnSeymour on the @BBCNews website and yet the passing of “Mystic Meg” is headline news! What times we live in! 😕
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I really want to see @StrictlyJohn and @jojo_radebe dance in ballroom hold next week - a pure waltz, or a foxtrot? Dare to be romantic boys! @bbcstrictly #strictly.
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So delighted for my friend and wonderful @New_Adventures patron - Dame Darcey Bussell - an incredible ambassador for Dance in the UK #Bravo @DarceyOfficial via @MailOnline.
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Very bad result on @GreatDancerTV tonight! @RickettsAinsley was surely a potential winner? I’m shocked at the public vote but hold your head high Ainsley, you are a star! ⭐️ #AisleyRicketts.
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Call me old fashioned but should we not elect the next Prime Minister?.
Race to be new UK prime minister begins
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Can’t choose between these two guys. Karim & Kelvin, you are both phenomenal and worthy winners! @bbcstrictly #Strictly @kelvin_fletcher @kayzer_1 @OtiMabuse.
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A Very Happy 93rd Birthday to the indestructible #DameAngelaLansbury - Is there a more loved actor on the planet? @_AngelaLansbury #legend
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A very happy 95th Birthday to my childhood idol, the ageless Dick Van Dyke! 🎂🎉🎂🎉 @iammrvandy #livinglegend
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