This is a production that falls into the above average category but not yet a 'great' achievement. It tries to do a little ...

Pete Townshend’s original music forms the soundtrack to a sharp touring production with costuming by Paul Smith ...

The red, white and blue bull’s-eye on the front curtain at Sadler’s Wells tells us we are in the familiar territory of Pete ...

The Who’s 1973 concept album Quadrophenia became a film, and Rachel Fuller’s orchestral arrangement accompanies the ballet: ...

The first anniversary of Starmer's premiership this week also marks the beginning of the end after a series of disastrous ...

Rather than leaning into pop-culture cool, this new stage production at Sadler's Wells recognises its fragility ...

Paul Roberts’s adaptation of The Who’s 1973 double album brings themes of identity crisis and masculinity that are just as ...

Will mods and rockers film Quadrophenia work as a modern ballet with an epic classical score based on The Who's icon album?

Quadrophenia (1973) was his attempt to remind The Who of their youthful Mod roots, and the music which lured him back to the band for 1996 performances of the album. After the 1979 film fleshed out ...

A Mod Ballet – the rock opera gets a whizz-bang, crowd-pleasing dance makeover in director Rob Ashford's flashy production ...

In the end, Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet feels like a waste of an awful lot of talent. Its intentions are in the right place, ...

In a reimagining of Pete Townshend’s ‘rock opera’ at Sadler's Wells, the suits needed to be razor-sharp. Paul Smith was enlisted for the task ...