I Watched Northern Ballet's Gentleman Jack at Leeds Grand Theatre - It's Bold, Beautiful, and Brilliant

Northern Ballet's Gentleman Jack a triumphant world premiere

BREAKING traditional gender roles to tell the story of Britain’s ‘first modern lesbian’ was never going to be anything less than challenging,…

I watched Northern Ballet's Gentleman Jack at Leeds Grand Theatre - it's bold, beautiful, and brilliant

Anne Lister was a trailblazer of her time.

Gentleman Jack - Northern Ballet ★★★★★

Gentleman Jack, Northern Ballet’s new work, is something so stylish that the desire to wrap yourself in it is irresistible. Based on the true story of the late 18th century’s Anne Lister, a remarkable, assertive Yorkshire woman, the ballet tells of her life as a land-owning businesswoman. And if these things weren’t unusual enough, she is also sometimes described as ‘the first modern lesbian’. Choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, with dramatu…