Chicago at the Milton Keynes Theatre
Also review in Bedford Today
Interview with This is Wales website
A rocking good night
Review of the tour at Grimsby Auditorium from This is Grimsby
Review in Denbigh Free Press
Reviews of Chicago at Edinburgh Playhouse in April
Packed full of razzle dazzle - STV
Review from Backstage Pass website
Interview with Ali in East Anglia Daily Times
Review of Chicago at Tunbridge Wells
Review of Chicago in York - York Press
Razzle-dazzle us
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/lifestyle/the-guide/stage/chicago-at-the-kings-theatre-southsea-1-3617179
Review from Kings Theatre, Southsea, in The News
Going past the razzle-dazzle - interview with Ali
http://thecourieronline.co.uk/2012/03/going-past-the-razzle-dazzle/
The Courier student newspaper, Newcastle
Making crime pay handsomely
http://behindthearras.com/Reviewspr/reviewsPRjan-mar2012/Chicago_A03-12.html
Review from New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, by Behind the Arras website.
Review of gala night at the Bradford Alhambra Theatre for the start of the Chicago tour.
http://chewingthescenery.com/2012/02/16/review-chicago-bradford-alhambra-11022012/
By Harry Zing of http://www.chewingthescenery.com/
Review of gala night by The Public Reviews website.
http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chicago-alhambra-theatre-bradford/
Interview with Ali in K9 magazine for dog lovers.
Interview with Radio Humberside, June 2012.
Aladdin
Brian appeared as Aladdin in the panto of that name at the Royal & Derngate Theatre in Northampton in December 2011 and January 2012.
Other stars included Babby Davro playing Wishee Washee, Jeffrey Holland playing Widow Twankey, and Basil Brush as, erm, Chief Inspector Basil.
Reviews
Stars Bobby Davro and Brian Fortuna launch new pantomime at Northampton theatre
Aladdin at the Royal & Derngate
The Chronicle catches up with dance star and panto performer Brian Fortuna
Evening Telegraph review
Over the Rainbow
Interview with Nigel Ansell of KMFM radio in Medway, Kent, ahead of the show's apperance at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley, from Monday 5th to Wednesday 7th September.
Interview with Sarah Jane Buckley in the News Shopper, ahead of Over the Rainbow appearing at theatres in Bromley and Dartford. 08/08/11.
Aladdin
Strictly star to make panto debut.
News story about Brian appearing in Aladdin, from the Northampton Chronicle & Echo (22/07/11).
Ali in the media
Ali was involved in promoting Anni's Cancer Companion which was written by her late aunt, Anni Matthews, following her diagnosis with breast cancer in 2002.
The book was published in August 2011 and Ali has been involved in publicising the book, as well as supporting breast cancer charities.
Anni's Cancer Companion is available from publishers Singing Dragon/Jessica Kingsley and from Amazon.
Interview with Ali in The Express about Anni and her book. (02/08/11)
Ali talks to Fiona Phillips on Lorraine, ITV1. (12/08/11). Thanks to Tracey for recording and uploading this.
"I wish I had bought my Strictly dresses" - Ali talks to the Daily Mail about her fashion choices.
The Verdict: Reviews of Ali in The Verdict on tour, January to April 2011
Interview with Ali in the Cambridge News ahead of Verdict arriving at the Cambridge Arts Theatre on Monday 11th April.
Ali Bastian gives her Verdict on stage role
Guardian series in West London and Surrey
Stellar cast deliver Christie's Verdict
Worcester Standard
Review: Verdict at Wycombe Swan
The Oxford Times
Get Wokingham
Verdict at Wycombe Swan
Bucks Free Press
Complex and compelling:
Droitwich Advertiser
Burn the Floor, Shaftesbury Theatre, London, July-September 2010
Review of the first night, London, July 2010 by Emma Ellis
Review of the first night by Scott Matthewman
Article in Brian's hometown newspaper, South Jersey Courier-Post, about his upcoming appearance in Burn the Floor, 30/05/10.
Article in Dance Today previewing Ali and Brian in Burn the Floor.
Ali and Brian in Celebs magazine in the Sunday Mirror.
Ali and Brian are to appear together in ballroom dance show Burn the Floor at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End this summer. Report in The Stage, 19/04/10.
Ali talks to Best magazine about Strictly, Burn the Floor ... and Brian.
The real stars step out, review of the pro tour in the Mail on Sunday, 20/05/10.
Strictly Come Dancing The Professionals Tour
Review of the pro tour in Cardiff, in Wales Online, 20/05/10.
Brian and Kristina talk to the Daily Mail about Strictly and the pro tour, 07/05/10.
Review of the pro tour as it moves to Birmingham, published in The Birmingham Post, 05/05/10.
Review of the start of the pro tour in Brighton, published in The Argus newspaper, 20/06/10.
Review of Strictly Come Dancing The Professionals tour which started in Brighton on 29th April in Gscene magazine, 30/04/10.
Ali in the media
Ali will be supporting two fundraising events organised by Breast Cancer Campaign - Pink Aerobics in Hyde Park, London, and the Pink Ribbon Ball.
Ali launches the Felix Kitten Factor to raise money for Cats Protection which rehomes cats. For every
picture sent in of a mischevious cat, Felix will donate £1 to the charity. Also in The Sun.
Felix Kitten Factor? Shouldn't it be called Strictly Come Miaowing? 18/05/10.
Ali talks to STV about the cancellation of The Bill.
Ali is supporting Rock Your Shades, encouraging people to wear their shades with style on Friday 14th May and donate £1 to the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Ali spoke at the Imagine Your Goals programme, a partnership between Time to Change, Sport Relief and the Premier League, to tackle the taboo of mental health. The campaign aims to promote football, dance and exercise as a way of managing stress and improving wellbeing.
Ali is patron of Prima magazine's Women of Courage Awards for women with breast cancer, Prima magazine, 09/04/10.
Brian in the media
Brian confesses that he'd like to take the Queen for a spin round the dance floor, according to a review of Brian and Kristina's show in Norfolk, published in Places & Faces magazine.
Kristina in the media
Kristina talks to the Liverpool Echo about how much she is looking forward to visiting the Beatles' homes when the pro tour arrives in Liverpool on 21st June.
Interview in the Scottish Sunday Mail ahead of the pro tour's arrival in Edinburgh on 14th June.
Kristina talks frankly in the Irish Independent about growing up in Russia and her life as a ballroom dancer.
Dancing on Wheels
Dancing on Wheels was good enough not to need spin: dancesport should be part of London 2012 Olympics, says Metro newspaper.
Dancing on Wheels inspires us all, Jewish Chronicle blog by Jennik, 25/02/2010.
Review of Dancing on Wheels, Independent, 12/02/2010.
Wheels of Fortuna, interview with Brian about Dancing on Wheels, Northern Echo, 11/02/10.
Strictly Come Rolling, Mail on Sunday, 07/02/10.
Scan of Strictly Come Rolling, Mail on Sunday, 07/02/10.
