NORTHERN Ballet dancers bring a journey of passionate and obsessive love to the Mayflower stage next week.

Based on Emily Brontë’s romantic masterpiece, the dramatic adaptation of Wuthering Heights is set to an original score by celebrated composer Claude-Michel Schönberg, known for his West End and Broadway hits Les Miserables and Miss Saigon.

It tells the story of Cathy and Heathcliff. Inseparable as children, their childish affection deepens into an overwhelming love but as their lives take different paths, their bond develops into a devastating force as unruly and dangerous as the Yorkshire Moors that surround them.

Artistic director David Nixon said: “The dramatic talent of our dancers combined with the magnificent score will draw the audience into the very heart of one of the greatest love stories of all time.”

Dancer Kiara Flavin, who plays Young Cathy in the production, added: “It translates very well to ballet.

“The transformation from written English language into dance vocabulary means bringing the characters from the pages into your heart and moving, acting and reacting as the characters would.

"Brontë’s characters have rich and distinctive relationships that can be interpreted through ballet with a conviction worthy of the classic novel.”

Northern Ballet’s Wuthering Heights runs from Wednesday to Saturday.

Tickets: 023 8071 1811 or visit mayflower.org.uk.