“We made a set of rubies,” said Howard Merlin, Boston Ballet’s director of costumes. “But diamonds and emeralds we’re renting from National Ballet of Canada.” In late October, Merlin and his staff of ...

NORTHERN Ballet’s spellbinding Merlin - an epic adventure of hope, heartache, love and magic - heads to Leeds this autumn ahead of a nationwide tour. Breathing new life into the legendary story, the ...

Discover how the world’s most famous sorcerer got his magic – and what he chose to do with it. Inspired by the story of the mythical wizard, Northern Ballet’s Merlin will take you on a sweeping epic ...

The National Theatre’s Hamlet, Northern Ballet’s Merlin and the musical Scissorhandz are among the highlights of the Guardian photographer’s stage spectaculars Edd Arnold and Emily Castelli in ...