Details

Ballet Ireland was founded in 1998 and has gone from strength to strength enjoying meteoric success and acclaim, and have fast gained reputation for being young, talented, attractive and glamorous. Betrayed by his former wife, King Shahriyar vows to marry, love and then behead a new bride each night, never to be betrayed again. Having murdered thousands of women, he encounters the beautiful and wise Scheherazade, who pleads to tell a story before her impending execution. For 1001 nights, he postpones her execution enthralled, as he awaits her next tale of Sinbad the Sailor, the Genie of the Lamp and the Little Hunchback, amongst others. Her enchanting stories bewitch him and he makes her his Queen.

Creatives/Company

Choreographer: organn Runacre-Temple
Music: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Lighting: Paul Leoghann
Design: Lorna Ritchie
Costume: Joan O'Clery