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Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty archivePerrault's timeless fairy tale, about a young girl cursed to sleep for one hundred years, was turned into a legendary ballet by choreographer, Marius Petipa, in 1890. Bourne takes this as his starting point, setting the Christening of Aurora, the story's heroine, in the year of the ballets first performance; the height of the Fin-de-Siecle period when fairies, vampires and decadent opulence fed the gothic imagination. As Aurora grows into a young woman, we move forwards in time to the more rigid, uptight Edwardian era; a mythical golden age of long summer afternoons, croquet on the lawn and new dance crazes. Years later, awakening from her century long slumber, Aurora finds herself in the modern day; a world more mysterious and wonderful than any Fairy story! Matthew Bourne's haunting new scenario is a gothic tale for all ages; the traditional tale of good vs. evil and rebirth is turned upside-down, creating a supernatural love story, across the decades, that even the passage of time itself cannot hinder. World Premiere. Running time: 2hrs 20mins (including one 20 min interval)

Cast/Performers

Hannah Vassallo (Aurora), Ashley Shaw (Aurora), Dominic North (Leo), Christopher Trenfield (Leo), Christopher Marney (Count Lilac), Liam Mower (Count Lilac), Ben Bunce (Carabosse / Caradoc), Tom Jackson Greaves (Carabosse / Caradoc), Adam Maskell (Carabosse / Caradoc), Edwin Ray (King Benedict), Kerry Biggin (Queen Eleanor), Daisy May Kemp (Queen Eleanor), Daniel Collins, Pia Driver, Phil Jack Gardner, Sophia Hurdley, Nicole Kabera, Mari Kamata, Katy Lowenhoff, Kate Lyons, Leon Moran, Luke Murphy, Danny Reubens, Joe Walkling

Creatives/Company

Music: Tchaikovsky
Company: New Adventures
Choreographer: Matthew Bourne (new scenario after Perrault and Petipa)
Director: Matthew Bourne
Sound: Paul Groothuis
Lighting: Paule Constable
Design: Lez Brotherston
Costume: Lez Brotherston

Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty

Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty (Dance or ballet) production archive for QTIX code T0363069161. Details of all Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S01736353490

Archive Listings

17 Nov 15
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21 Nov 15
Theatre Royal
Glasgow
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21 May 13
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25 May 13
Sheffield Theatres
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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7 May 13
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11 May 13
Bristol Hippodrome
Bristol, City of Bristol
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30 Apr 13
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4 May 13
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Liverpool, Merseyside
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23 Apr 13
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27 Apr 13
New Wimbledon Theatre
Outer London, Greater London
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16 Apr 13
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20 Apr 13
Theatre Royal
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
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9 Apr 13
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13 Apr 13
Curve
Leicester, Leicestershire
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2 Apr 13
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6 Apr 13
Theatre Royal
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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5 Mar 13
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9 Mar 13
Wales Millennium Centre
Cardiff, Glamorgan
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19 Feb 13
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23 Feb 13
New Victoria Theatre
Woking, Surrey
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12 Feb 13
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16 Feb 13
King's Theatre
Glasgow
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5 Feb 13
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9 Feb 13
Birmingham Hippodrome
Birmingham, West Midlands
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29 Jan 13
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2 Feb 13
Milton Keynes Theatre
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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4 Dec 12
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26 Jan 13
Sadler's Wells Theatre
Inner London, Greater London
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27 Nov 12
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1 Dec 12
Festival Theatre
Edinburgh
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20 Nov 12
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24 Nov 12
Theatre Royal
Norwich, Norfolk
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13 Nov 12
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17 Nov 12
The Lowry
Salford, Greater Manchester
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5 Nov 12
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10 Nov 12
Theatre Royal Plymouth
Plymouth, Devon
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Reviews

Reviews

Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty review
22Jan13: Matthew Bourne's latest ballet touring the UK
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