LEADING touring company English National Ballet brings its show Tour de Force 2003 to Malvern's Festival Theatre this week.

The programme includes two world premieres.

Hollywood Smash & Grab 2 is a new work by young choreographer Noel Wallace created to new music by Brian Eno.

And 2 Human, a new duet by Wayne McGregor, one of Britain's most inventive choreographers, features husband and wife team Agnes Oaks and Thomas Edur.

Also included is Side Show, a light-hearted pas de deux with a circus theme by great British choreographer Kenneth MacMillan, originally created for Rudolf Nureyev and Lynn Seymour.

Former English National Ballet dancer and choreographer Patrick Lewis' Manoeuvre completes the bill, performed to a specially commissioned score by Phillip Feeney.

Tour de Force is performed on Friday and Saturday at 8pm, with a pre-performance talk on Friday at 6.45pm.

Tickets, from £14 (students £8), are available on 01684 892277 or www.malvern-theatres.co.uk