Birmingham Royal Ballet's magical fairytale at The Lowry
Birmingham Royal Ballet
The Sleeping Beauty
Tue 30 March – Sat 3 April
Press night: Tue 30 March, 7.30pm
The magical fairytale The Sleeping Beauty is brought to life by Birmingham Royal Ballet at The Lowry next month.
On her christening day Princess Aurora is cursed by the wicked fairy Carabosse; one day the Princess will prick her finger on a spindle and die, but the kind Lilac Fairy tempers the curse so the Princess will instead fall asleep for 100 years.
This lavish production with a cast of over 80 is by Birmingham Royal Ballet’s former director Sir Peter Wright, creator of the Company’s popular production of The Nutcracker. With a classical score by Tchaikovsky and original choreography by Marius Petipa, The Sleeping Beauty is considered one of the greatest ballets from Imperial Russia. With its romantic finale packed with every fairytale character imaginable, The Sleeping Beauty is as engaging now as when she first fell asleep, over a hundred years ago.
Philip Prowse, the designer responsible for the Company’s Swan Lake, provides the designs for sumptuous baroque style sets and over 150 beautiful hand-sewn costumes adding the grandeur to lighting by Mark Jonathan.
The Lowry celebrates its 10th anniversary on 28 April 2010 and has spent 10 years delighting, engaging and challenging both local and national audiences with the very best in visual art and performance. The Lowry Centre Trust is a not-for-profit charitable organisation and registered charity (no. 1053962). All income supports our world-class Theatres and Galleries programme, the care and display of the LS Lowry Collection and our life-changing Community and Education work. The Lowry’s Chief Executive, Julia Fawcett was awarded an OBE for services to the Arts in the Queen’s 2010 New Year Honours list.
Posted on Wednesday, 03 March 2010 under Press Theatre Press