An offer, a review and a hairdo

What's on Stage gives you the chance to obtain 50% off tickets for the London Children's Ballet production of Jane Eyre at the Peacock Theatre in London:

The Offer:
The London Children's Ballet present Jane Eyre at the Peacock Theatre. Get 50% off all tickets for Friday 16 May.

The London Children’s Ballet has adapted Charlotte Brontë’s classic Jane Eyre to thrill boys and girls of all ages.
The ballet opens with the forgotten chapter of the young Jane living with her cruel Aunt who banishes her to a bleak life at Lowood Charity School where she stays until her appointment as governess at Thornfield Hall. There Jane finds a world of parties, Mr Rochester and a web of mystery leading to the fateful night of the great fire…
"The LCB's production is nothing short of awesome ... a firework display of talent." Emma Thompson.

Click here to know how to get your tickets.

Los Angeles Times reviews Laura Joh Rowland's The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Brontë:

At least "The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Brontë" (Overlook: 380 pp., $24.95) -- Laura Joh Rowland's first stand-alone novel after a slew of mysteries featuring 16th century Japanese detective Sano Ichino -- delivers almost exactly what its title promises. Flush from the success of "Jane Eyre" but battling writer's block, as well as the envy of her younger sisters, Charlotte takes an impulsive trip to London to clear up a case of literary misunderstanding and soon finds herself a witness to the murder of a fetching maid with ties to a conspiracy that would bring down the British monarchy. The plot spins out of control merrily enough and in suitably thrilling fashion, and it's great fun to watch sparks fly between Charlotte and the handsome spyman Mr. Spade, but poor, consumptive Emily gets a bad rap as a vindictive shrew who cares little for others, except on rare occasions.
Perhaps this is an instance when greater attention to the facts would have made the fiction seem more kind? (Sarah Weinman)

We don't know exactly which are these facts referred to by the reviewer. If the novel had been more faithful to the actual events, it wouldn't have been an adventure novel!

The New York Magazine covers the Met's Costume Institute Gala. Describing Beyoncé Knowles (check the picture here) the journalist slips a Jane Eyre reference:

This, above all others, was an event where Beyoncé could succumb to her nuttiest impulses, and instead she picked out a staid, baby-pink strapless gown cut like 90 percent of the other dresses she's worn lately — and which crinkled like an accordion in the car. Rediscover your inner diva, B. Then have her return the hairdo to Jane Eyre. (Amy Odell)

I Love Red posts some pictures of a recent excursion to the Brontë Falls in Haworth and Renata Cordeiro, author of a Portuguese translation of Wuthering Heights, talks about the contemporary reception of Emily Brontë's novel (in Portuguese).

Categories: Books, Dance, Haworth, Weirdo, Wuthering Heights