20-23 Jun, Far From the Madding Crowd, Birmingham Hippodrome.Thomas Hardy's novel about Bathsheba Everdene and her fatal attractivenes s to three men was adapted by David Bintley into a ballet with music by Pau l Reade, who also composed Hobson's Choice. BRB ticketline: http://www.ti cketmaster.co.uk/Birmingham-Ballet-tickets/artist/949347?list_view=1