Principal casting for Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake at Sadler's Wells

New Adventures has announced casting for ‘The Swan’ and ‘The Prince’ in Matthew Bourne’s new production of his legendary “SWAN LAKE” at Sadler’s Wells from Tuesday 4 December 2018 to Sunday 27 January 2019.

The Royal Ballet’s newest Principal Dancer, Matthew Ball, will be joining New Adventures for the entire London season of Matthew Bourne’s “SWAN LAKE” at Sadler’s Wells in the role of ‘The Swan’. Matthew will be making his debut with New Adventures and will dance four performances each week during the eight-week season at Sadler’s Wells. This year he also made his debut as ‘Prince Siegfried’ in The Royal Ballet’s new production of “Swan Lake” at the Royal Opera House. Matthew Ball joins New Adventures star Will Bozier, who most recently danced to great acclaim as ‘Harry, the Pilot’, in Matthew Bourne’s “Cinderella” and former English National Ballet star Max Westwell who was also recently seen in the West End in “An American in Paris”. Will and Max are both making their debuts in the role of ‘The Swan’ and will perform throughout the UK and International tour.

Returning to the role of ‘The Prince’ are two much loved New Adventures stars, Liam Mower (recently wowing audiences as ‘The Angel’ in “Cinderella”) and Dominic North (acclaimed star of “Edward Scissorhands”, “The Car Man”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “The Red Shoes” and “Cinderella”). They are joined by New Adventures newcomer, 19 year old James Lovell, who is making his professional debut in this production.

The casting for the London season at Sadler’s Wells is:

Tuesday 4 December: Will Bozier as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Wednesday 5 December: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Thursday 6 December: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Friday 7 December: Max Westwell as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Saturday 8 December (mat): Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Saturday 8 December (eve): Max Westwell as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Sunday 9 December (mat): Will Bozier as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Sunday 9 December (eve): Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’

Monday 10 December: NO PERFORMANCE
Tuesday 11 December: Max Westwell as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’ Wednesday 12 December: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Thursday 13 December: Will Bozier as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Friday 14 December: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Saturday 15 December (mat): Will Bozier as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Saturday 15 December (eve): Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Sunday 16 December (mat): Max Westwell as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Sunday 16 December (eve): Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’

Monday 17 December: NO PERFORMANCE
Tuesday 18 December: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Wednesday 19 December: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Thursday 20 December: Will Bozier as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Friday 21 December: Max Westwell as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Saturday 22 December (mat): Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Saturday 22 December (eve): Max Westwell as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Sunday 23 December (mat): Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Sunday 23 December (eve): Will Bozier as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’

Monday 24 December: NO PERFORMANCE
Tuesday 25 December: NO PERFORMANCE
Wednesday 26 December: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Thursday 27 December (mat): Will Bozier as ‘The Swan’ and James Lovell as ‘The Prince’
Thursday 27 December (eve): Max Westwell as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Friday 28 December: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Saturday 29 December (mat): Will Bozier as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Saturday 29 December (eve): Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Sunday 30 December (mat): Max Westwell as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Sunday 30 December (eve): Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’

Monday 31 December: NO PERFORMANCE
Tuesday 1 January: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Wednesday 2 January: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Thursday 3 January: Max Westwell as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Friday 4 January: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Saturday 5 January (mat): Will Bozier as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Saturday 5 January (eve): Max Westwell as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Sunday 6 January (mat): Will Bozier as ‘The Swan’ and James Lovell as ‘The Prince’
Sunday 6 January (eve): Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’

Monday 7 January: NO PERFORMANCE
Tuesday 8 January: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Wednesday 9 January: Max Westwell as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Thursday 10 January: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Friday 11 January: Will Bozier as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Saturday 12 January (mat): Max Westwell as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Saturday 12 January (eve): Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Sunday 13 January (mat): Will Bozier as ‘The Swan’ and James Lovell as ‘The Prince’
Sunday 13 January (eve): Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’

Monday 14 January: NO PERFORMANCE
Tuesday 15 January: Max Westwell as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Wednesday 16 January: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Thursday 17 January: Will Bozier as ‘The Swan’ and James Lovell as ‘The Prince’
Friday 18 January: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Saturday 19 January (mat): Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Saturday 19 January (eve): Will Bozier as ‘The Swan’ and James Lovell as ‘The Prince’
Sunday 20 January (mat): Max Westwell as ‘The Swan’ and James Lovell as ‘The Prince’
Sunday 20 January (eve): Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’

Monday 21 January: NO PERFORMANCE
Tuesday 22 January: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Wednesday 23 January: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Thursday 24 January (mat): Will Bozier as ‘The Swan’ and James Lovell as ‘The Prince’
Thursday 24 January (eve): Max Westwell as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Friday 25 January: Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Saturday 26 January (mat): Max Westwell as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’
Saturday 26 January (eve): Will Bozier as ‘The Swan’ and Liam Mower as ‘The Prince’
Sunday 27 January (mat): Matthew Ball as ‘The Swan’ and Dominic North as ‘The Prince’

JUST ANNOUNCED: Sir Matthew Bourne's New Adventures tour of Romeo & Juliet

New Adventures have announced the world premiere of Matthew Bourne’s “ROMEO AND JULIET” opening at Curve, Leicester on Monday 13th May 2019 before touring to 13 UK venues with a four-week summer season at Sadler’s Wells in London from 7th-31st August 2019.

Matthew Bourne’s “ROMEO AND JULIET” is a passionate and contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare’s classic love story. Bursting with youth, vitality and Matthew Bourne’s trademark storytelling, Britain’s brightest young dance talent join the New Adventures company for this World Premiere production. Directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne, collaborating with his entire New Adventures Associate Artistic team; Etta Murfitt, Associate Artistic Director, set and costume design by Lez Brotherston; lighting by Paule Constable; sound by Paul Groothuis; and new orchestrations of the Prokofiev score by Terry Davies, played live by the New Adventures Orchestra conducted by Brett Morris.

Matthew Bourne said today “New Adventures’ Romeo and Juliet will be a celebration of youthful energy, talent and creativity both on and off-stage and, uniquely, in all aspects of Choreography, Design and Music through the appointment of a series of “Young Associate Artists”.   As we enter our fourth decade as a company, I’m finding the development of young talent ever more important and fulfilling. Our current company of “Swan Lake” features 29 young dancers making their debuts with us, many of those have come through our Company initiatives such as “Swan School”, “A Summer Adventure” and of course, our production of “Lord of the Flies” which inspired so many young men to seek careers in dance. This time we are focusing on nurturing young male and female dancers, and I have been overwhelmed by the talent that we have had to choose from throughout the UK. I’m particularly happy to be working alongside my Young Associate Choreographer, Arielle Smith, an exceptional young dancemaker of great maturity and vision. In turn, after 30 years as a professional choreographer, I look forward to being refreshed and inspired by what this team of young artists will bring to Shakespeare’s classic tale of tragic conflict and young love”.

The title roles of ‘Romeo’ and ‘Juliet’ will be played by six New Adventures rising stars and two exciting new dancers making their professional debuts.‘Juliet’ will be played by Cordelia Braithwaite,  currently performing as ‘Cinderella’ on the international tour; Seren Williams, who joined the company in 2016 with Matthew Bourne’s award-winning production of “The Red Shoes” and Bryony Harrison who is making her debut with New Adventures on tour with Matthew Bourne’s legendary production of “Swan Lake”.

‘Romeo’ will be performed by Andrew Monaghan, currently ‘The Pilot’ in “Cinderella”, Paris Fitzpatrick who is playing the ‘Angel’ in “Cinderella” and João Carolino who joined the company in 2017 with “Early Adventures”.

Making their professional debuts with the company are Harrison Dowzell, as ‘Romeo’, who auditioned for the Young Cast in Nottingham, and Bryony Wood, as ‘Juliet’, discovered during the Young Cast auditions in Southampton. Both are in their graduate years at Performers College and Tring Park School for the Performing Arts respectively. New Adventures is working in partnership with both vocational colleges to support the completion of their training during the tour.

The full cast will be announced shortly.

Casting for UK tour of Matthew Bourne’s new production of “SWAN LAKE”.

New Adventures have just  announced casting for the UK tour of Matthew Bourne’s new production of his legendary “SWAN LAKE”.

The show will tour for 32 weeks throughout the UK and kick off at the Theatre Royal Plymouth on Saturday 22 September 2018, ahead of an eight-week Christmas season at Sadler’s Wells from Tuesday 4 December to Sunday 27 January 2019.  

Royal Ballet rising star, Matthew Ball, will be joining New Adventures for the entire London season of Matthew Bourne’s “SWAN LAKE” at Sadler’s Wells in the role of ‘The Swan’. Matthew will be making his debut with New Adventures and will dance four performances each week during the eight-week season at Sadler’s Wells. He is currently making his debut as ‘Prince Siegfried’ in The Royal Ballet’s new production of “Swan Lake” at the Royal Opera House. Matthew Ball joins New Adventures’ star Will Bozier, currently dancing to great acclaim as ‘Harry, the Pilot’, in Matthew Bourne’s “Cinderella” and former English National Ballet star Max Westwell who was also recently seen in the West End in “An American in Paris”. Will and Max are both making their debuts in the role of ‘The Swan’ and will perform throughout the tour.

Both returning to the role of ‘The Prince’, two much loved New Adventures Principal dancers, Liam Mower (currently wowing audiences as ‘The Angel’ in “Cinderella”) and Dominic North (acclaimed star of “Edward Scissorhands”, “The Car Man”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “The Red Shoes” and currently “Cinderella”). They are joined by New Adventures’ newcomer, James Lovell who is making his professional debut.

‘The Queen’ will be performed by two long-time New Adventures favourites, Nicole Kabera and Katrina Lyndon both making their debuts in this role.

‘The Girlfriend’ will also be performed by Katrina Lyndon. She is joined by Freya Field and Carrie Willis who are both returning to the Swan Lake Company.

‘The Private Secretary’ will be played by long-time Company Principal Glenn Graham (recently seen as ‘Grischa’ in “The Red Shoes”) along with Max Westwell and Ashley-Jordon Packer.

Returning to New Adventures are Tom Broderick, PJ Hurst and Alex Sturman.

Making their debuts with New Adventures are: Nicole Alphonce, Leigh Alderson, Jonathan Luke Baker, Alistair Beattie, Benjamin Bazeley, Megan Cameron, João Castro, Zanna Cornelis, Kayla Collymore, Keenan Fletcher, Michaela Guibarra, Bryony Harrison, Nicholas Keegan, Shoko Ito, Courtney Liu, Jack Mitchell, Barnaby Quarendon, Jack William Parry, Sam Salter, Stan West and Milwhynne Williams. Also making their New Adventures debut are Andrew Ashton from Newcastle, Isaac Bowry from Glasgow and Harry Ondrak-Wright from Birmingham who all performed in the acclaimed New Adventures production of Lord of the Flies in 2014.

 Matthew Bourne said today “With the largest cast in our repertory, Swan Lake always gives us the opportunity to bring a wealth of new talent into the Company and I’m excited to welcome so many new dancers into the New Adventures family. I’m particularly thrilled to welcome cast members whose journey to this production came via our production of “Lord of the Flies” or through our “Swan School” which was designed to develop young talent for this company. My thanks also to Royal Ballet Director, Kevin O’Hare, who was as enthusiastic as I was about seeing Royal Ballet star, Matthew Ball, dance this role, and was instrumental in making that happen”.

Tour of Matthew Bourne's The Car Man

Matthew Bourne's New Adventures have announced the revival of  The Car Man  for a limited 16 week UK tour which opens  at The Churchill Theatre Bromley on 14th April 2015 with a four week summer season at Sadler's Wells from 14th July to 9th August 2015.

Loosely based on Bizet's Carmen the show features Schedrin's powerful Carmen Suite and new
arrangements of the score by New Adventures Associate Artist, Terry Davies.

Premiering  in 2000 and winning the Evening Standard Award for Musical Event of the Year and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Best Choreography The Car Man was last revised in 2007.

The familiar 19th Century Spanish cigarette factory becomes a greasy garage-diner in 1960's America where the dreams and passions of a small-town are shattered by the arrival of a handsome stranger. Fuelled by heat and desire, the inhabitants are driven into an unstoppable spiral of greed, lust, betrayal and revenge.

New Adventures have several touring production at the moment with Matthew Bourne's Swan Lane, Matthew Bourne's Lord of the Flies and Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands due to start in November.

The Car Man  is directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne, with music by Terry Davies & Rodion Shchedrin's Carmen Suite (after Bizet's Carmen); designs by Lez Brotherston; lighting by Chris Davey and sound by Paul Groothius. The project is supported by Arts Council England through the Grants for the Arts funding programme.

New tour of Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands

Matthew Bourne currently has productions of Swan Lake and Lord of the Flies  touring the UK and he is now due to direct and choreograph the New Adventures' Edward Scissorhands which has been staged in Europe, America and Australia  since its premiere in 2005.

It now returns to the UK for its first major revival this November opening at Plymouth from 10 - 15 November and then visiting Glasgow, Salford, London, Woking, Nottingham, Liverpool, Norwich, Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Bradford, Southampton and Cardiff. .

Based on the Tim Burton film featuring music by Danny Elfman and Terry Davies, Edward Scissorhands tells the story of a boy created by a lonely inventor who dies leaving him unfinished. Left with only scissors for hands he must find his place in a strange world where the well meaning community struggle to see past his appearance.

Dominic North and Liam Mower share the title role. North has played leading roles in most New Adventures productions including Nutcracker!, The Car Man, Early Adventures and Swan Lake. He recently created the role of Leo in Sleeping Beauty and will soon appear as Ralph in Lord of the Flies. He returns to Edward Scissorhands having made his debut in the role at the Sydney Opera House in 2007. He went on to be nominated for a National Dance Award as Outstanding Male Dancer for this performance.

Mower is the original star of the West End hit Billy Elliot. This will be his fifth show for New Adventures, having most recently been seen as Count Lilac in Sleeping Beauty and The Prince in Swan Lake. His other credits include Nutcracker! and Play Without Words.

The show is based on the original motion picture by arrangement with 20th Century Fox, with original story and motion picture directed by Tim Burton, original screenplay, story and co-adaptation by Caroline Thompson. The set and costumes are designed by Lez Brotherston, lighting design is by Howard Harrison and sound design is by Paul Groothuis.



Book tickets for Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands

Full Cast for Tour of Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake

The full cast has just been announced for the new tour of Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake which opens at Plymouth Theatre Royal on 18th October and spends the Christmas season in London at Sadler's Wells.

Returning to the iconic role of The Swan are Jonathan Ollivier and Chris Trenfield (from 14 January 2014) who have both made the role of The Swan their own. Jonathan Ollivier, a former star of Northern Ballet Theatre, was last seen as the mysterious Speight in New Adventures’ Play Without Words, and recently with Michael Clark. Chris Trenfield is currently starring as Leo in Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty and will join the Swan Lake company on his return from the USA tour of that production in December. He has also played leading roles in New Adventures’ Play Without Words and Nutcracker!

The Prince will be played by Simon Williams, Sam Archer and Liam Mower (from 14 January 2014). Simon remains the only artist to have ever played both The Prince and The Swan in this production, and he will be doing the same again in this revival. He has just completed 12 years with Michael Clark Company, and also has a long history with New Adventures in Nutcracker!, The Car Man, and Matthew Bourne’s Christmas for Channel 4. Sam Archer has been a New Adventures leading man for over 10 years, creating the role of Edward Scissorhands, as well as leading roles in The Car Man, Play Without Words and Cinderella. Liam Mower, recently seen in Sleeping Beauty in his first Principal role as Count Lilac, was the original Olivier award-winning star of the West End’s Billy Elliot. He joined New Adventures in 2011, and, following Sleeping Beauty, will be joining this production in January 2014.

The Queen will be portrayed by  Madelaine Brennan, Saranne Curtin and Michela Meazza. Madelaine Brennan was last seen in this production playing, The Girlfriend. A role that she subsequently played in the 2011 3D Film for SKY Arts. She has played a wide variety of roles in New Adventures productions from Cinderella to Edward Scissorhands and Nutcracker!. Saranne Curtin is one of the most important dancers ever to have worked with New Adventures, having created the leading roles of Lana in The Car Man, Sugar in the 2012 revival and 2013 film of Nutcracker! and Glenda in Play Without Words. She was in the original cast of Swan Lake (as The Italian Princess) and comes out of retirement to once again play The Queen, a role for which she received much praise in several UK and International tours of this production. Michela Meazza, a recent nominee for the outstanding female dancer at the National Dance Awards, will be making her debut in this role. Michela is one of New Adventures foremost dancer/actors, having created the roles of Lady H in Dorian Gray and Joyce in Edward Scissorhands as well as leading roles in Play Without Words (original cast), The Car Man, Nutcracker! and Cinderella.

The Girlfriend will be played by Anjali Mehra, Kerry Biggin and Carrie Johnson. Anjali Mehra was last seen in New Adventures’ Play Without Words and will also be dancing the role of The Queen during this revival. Kerry is one of New Adventures most experienced and versatile performers, having created the role of Kim in Edward Scissorhands and has starred in every Bourne production of the last 10 years. Carrie Johnson was last seen in Nutcracker! in 2011/12 and will also be seen as The Moth Maiden and French Princess in this revival.

 Rejoining the New Adventures Company for this revival are Tom Clark, Glenn Graham, Tim Hodges, Jack Jones, Katrina Lyndon, Jamie-Emma McDonald and Paul Smethurst. Making their Debut with New Adventures are Chris Agius Darmanin , Michael Barnes, Stephanie Billers, Cordelia Braithwaite, Otis-Cameron Carr, Nicole Cato, Emma Chadwick, Harry Clark, Tom Cummings, Iván Delgardo del Río, Freya Field, Robin Gladwin, Chantelle Gotobed, PJ Hurst, Luke Jackson, Graham Kotowich, Andy Macleman, Edd Mitton, Kyle Murray and Ashley-Jordon Packer.

 Making their professional debut in this production are Tom Broderick, Reece Haydn Causton and Andrew Monaghan (all from Central School of Ballet).

Matthew Bourne's "Vampiric" Sleeping Beauty

Choreographer Matthew Bourne has just announced he is creating a new version of ballet Sleeping Beauty with "vampiric influences". His version of Tchaikovksy’s Sleeping Beauty will start in 1890: the year of the Russian ballet's original performance in St Petersburg.

Bourne said: “It was an era when fairies, vampires and decadent opulence fed the gothic imagination". The heroine Aurora then grows up into "the more rigid" Edwardian era and wakes up in an age which Bourne describes as  "a world more mysterious and wonderful than any fairy story".

The new production will complete Bourne's reworking of all three Tchaikovsky ballets and will be premiered next Christmas as part of a season at Sadler's Wells marking 25 years of Bourne's company New Adventures.

Bourne is perhaps best known for staging Swan Lake with an all male ensemble. His Nutcracker is on a tour starting at Bromley on 5th November and running until May 2012 spending Christmas and New Year (6th December-22nd January) at  Sadler’s Wells.

Matthew Bourne National Theatre Platform

Matthew Bourne has a new tour of The Nutcracker which opens at the Churchill Theatre Bromley on 5th November,  plays at Sadler’s Wells in London over Christmas from 6th December-22nd January 2012 and runs until 19th May when it ends at the Theatre Royal Newcastle.

He is doing a platform in the Lyttelton Theatre at the National at 6:00 pm on Monday 21st November when he is in discussion with David Benedict. Running time: 45 minutes. Tickets: £4 (£3 concessions) at https://ticketing.nationaltheatre.org.uk

Bourne celebrates the 25th Anniversary of his company with the publication of a new edition of his book Matthew Bourne’s Adventures in Dance which is available from 17th November 2011. In the book Bourne discusses his work with Alastair Macaulay, talks about his upbringing, training, influences and his distinctive creative methods. Bourne's notebooks, sources and collaboration with dancers all form part of the discussion in this book. This event is followed by a book signing.

Matthew Bourne adapting Golding’s Lord of the Flies

Director and innovative choreographer Matthew Bourne is adapting William Golding’s classic 1954 novel Lord of the Flies into a musical dance show which will open at Glasgow’s Theatre Royal running from 2nd to 5th March 2011. It is to mark the centenary of Golding’s birth which is next year.

In Bourne’s version the story is transferred from a deserted island to a deserted theatre where a group of schoolboys have been abandoned. With no adults around they are left to create their own rules and build their own civilisation. The rituals become more disturbing as dark superstitions take hold and order finally breaks down and blood is spilt between Ralph, Piggy and Jack.

The cast will include dancers from Bourne’s New Adventures Company performing alongside local boys and young men. Lord of the Flies is devised and directed by Matthew Bourne, co-directed and choreographed by Scott Ambler, designed by Lez Brotherston, with music by Terry Davies, lighting by Chris Davey, sound by Paul Groothuis and film sequences created by Alan Stockdale.

Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella opens at Sadler’s Wells this month

Matthew Bourne's interpretation of Prokofiev's Cinderella is all about a wartime romance with a chance meeting resulting in a magical night for Cinderella and a dashing young RAF pilot.  They fall in love but are soon parted by the horrors of the Blitz in world War II.

Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella was first seen in the West End in 1997, but has been completely revised in this brand new production which has been created to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Blitz.

Cinderella runs for limited Christmas Season at Sadler’s Wells opening on 30^th November and running until 23^rd January 2011.  For more details and to book tickets visit: Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella