Birmingham Royal Ballet's summer spectacular

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1. The Dream

Frederick Ashton's The Dream is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.

2. Mendelsson soundtrack

Ashton's witty choreography is soundtracked by Felix Mendelsson's tuneful, instantly recognisable music from A Midsummer Night's Dream

3. Oberon's revenge

Having argued with beautiful Titania, Oberon, king of the fairies, seeks a suitable revenge and drips a potion into Titania's eyes causing her to fall in love with the first person she sees

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4. The Grand Tour

The Grand Tour takes us back to the 1920s as our heroine joins Noël Coward, Gertrude Stein and George Bernard Shaw on a transatlantic journey to Europe. But these famous faces aren't necessarily the friendliest of shipmates.

5. Life on the high seas

Add stowaways and a rather handsome Chief Steward into the mix and things might get a little... complicated.

6. Joe Layton

Choreographer American Joe Layton's The Grand Tour is a funny take on the eccentric celebrities that populated England's stages, screens and newspapers in the 1920s. Accompanied by unique orchestral renditions of Noël Coward songs, The Grand Tour makes a long-overdue return to the stage.

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7. Far From The Madding Crowd

With an evocative score by Paul Reade and choreography David Bintley, Far From The Madding Crowd, an adaption of Thomas Hardy's novel, is a story of lust, deceit and murder.