14-18 May: Northern Ballet returns to Sadler's Wells with The G reat Gatsby, a brand new full-length ballet for 2013, following their Cle opatra in 2011. On New York’s Long Island in the indulgent days of the 192 0s, young Midwesterner Nick Carraway meets his infamous neighbour Jay Gats by – a mysterious millionaire with a secret past and a penchant for lavish parties. As the sparkling façade of Gatsby’s world begins to slip, Carrawa y comes to see the loneliness, obsession and tragedy that lie beneath. Ad apted from the classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby is d irected and choreographed by Artistic Director David Nixon OBE, with co-di rection from Patricia Doyle, sets by Jérôme Kaplan, lighting by Tim Mitch ell and costumes also by David Nixon. Booking: http://www.sadlerswells.c om/