Perrault'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.| 24 May 16 to 28 May 16 | Wycombe Swan High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 17 May 16 to 21 May 16 | Sheffield Theatres Sheffield, South Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 5 Apr 16 to 16 Apr 16 | Theatre Royal Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 22 Mar 16 to 26 Mar 16 | New Wimbledon Theatre Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 8 Mar 16 to 12 Mar 16 | Theatre Royal Norwich, Norfolk Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 1 Mar 16 to 5 Mar 16 | Bristol Hippodrome Bristol, City of Bristol Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 16 Feb 16 to 20 Feb 16 | Liverpool Empire Theatre Liverpool, Merseyside Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 9 Feb 16 | Birmingham Hippodrome Birmingham, West Midlands Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 2 Feb 16 to 6 Feb 16 | New Victoria Theatre Woking, Surrey Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 26 Jan 16 to 30 Jan 16 | Milton Keynes Theatre Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 1 Dec 15 to 24 Jan 16 | Sadler's Wells Theatre Inner London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 28 Oct 15 to 1 Nov 15 | Curve Leicester, Leicestershire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 17 Oct 15 to 24 Oct 15 | Theatre Royal Plymouth Plymouth, Devon Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 21 Jan 15 | Stafford Gatehouse Theatre Stafford, Staffordshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
