New Adventures: Spitfire, Town and Country, The Infernal Galop at Sadler's Wells

Spitfire ‘an advertisement divertissement’ was Bourne’s first hit in 1988, it hilariously places the most famous 19th century ballet showstopper in the world of men’s underwear advertising. Town and Country from 1991 gave Bourne and his company their first Olivier nomination. Remembered as the piece that crystallised the Bourne style; gloriously witty and ironic, but also strangely moving and heartfelt. The Infernal Galop was inspired by icons of France in the 30s and 40s. This is France as seen by the uptight English imagination, with all the traditional clichés joyously paraded for our entertainment and climaxing in Offenbach's inevitable Can-Can.