Russian ballets cancelled across UK

A series of events by Russian ballets have been cancelled following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Performances by the Russian State Ballet of Siberia were stopped at the Royal & Derngate theatre in Northampton, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre and The New Theatre Peterborough. 

The Ambassador Theatre Group has cancelled the same tour, scheduled for The Bristol Hippodrome and Edinburgh Playhouse.

Dublin’s Helix theatre pulled a performance by the Royal Moscow Ballet and London’s Royal Opera House withdrew the Bolshoi Ballet’s summer season.

Speaking on Twitter, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries urged other features to “take action and stand by the people of Ukraine”.

“We can’t allow representatives of the Russian state to continue performing”.