22-25 Feb, Hobson's Choice, Birmingham Hippodrome. Bintley's excellent 1989 ballet version of the tale of true love between a weedy boot maker and the spinster daughter of a drunken businessman. Music by Paul Rea de, who also composed Far From the Madding Crowd, see below. BRB ticketl ine: http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/Birmingham-Ballet-tickets/artist/949347? list_view=1