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June 2018 date for Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella

Matthew Bourne’s Olivier award-winning ballet of Cinderella is to play Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre in June as part of a major UK tour which starts this Christmas at Sadler’s Wells in London.

Bourne’s take on the ballet, danced to Prokofiev’s score, premiered in the London West End in 1997. He transforms the classic fairy tale into a thrilling and evocative love story, set in London during the Second World War.

Ashley Shaw and Andrew Monaghan. Pic: Johan Persson

In Bourne’s interpretation, a chance meeting results in a magical night for Cinderella and her dashing young RAF pilot, Harry. They are together just long enough to fall in love before being parted by the horrors of the Blitz.

The 19 date tour will arrive in Edinburgh for a five night run from Tuesday 5 to Saturday 9 June, 2018. In its only other Scottish date it will play Glasgow King’s from Tuesday 12 to Saturday 16 June.

Announcing the details of the tour, Matthew Bourne said: “Cinderella is one of my most heartfelt works and a personal favourite amongst my re-imagined classic stories.

“I’m delighted to have brought together this cast of current star performers, experienced New Adventures veterans and exciting young talent. I’m thrilled to see another generation of Company dancers take on this beloved production.”

Olivier award winning

Fresh from playing Victoria Page in The Red Shoes, the role of Cinderella will be performed by Cordelia Braithwaite and Ashley Shaw. Cinderella’s heroic pilot, Harry, will be danced by Will Bozier, Andrew Monaghan and Dominic North.

Andrew Monaghan as Harry and Ashley Shaw as Cinderella with the company. Pic: Johan Persson

The Angel (Cinderella’s ‘Fairy GodFather’) will be danced by Paris Fitzpatrick and Liam Mower. The role of Sybil, her Step-Mother, will be performed by Madelaine Brennan, Michela Meazza (London only) and Anjali Mehra. While her father, Robert, will be performed by Alan Vincent and Dan Wright.

Cinderella’s Step Brothers and Sisters and the people of 1940’s London complete the cast: Steph Billers; João Carolino; Reece Causton; Jackson Fisch; Glenn Graham; Sophia Hurdley; Jack Jones; Nicole Kabera; Kate Lyons; Jamie McDonald; Stephen Murray, Danny Reubens; Katie Webb and Seren Williams.

The ballet will be danced to a specially commissioned recording of Prokofiev’s score, rendered in Surround Sound designed by Paul Groothuis, which the company say will “take the audience into the heart of Prokofiev’s magnificent score, and the sights and sounds of war-torn London”.

Listings and links

Cinderella
Festival Theatre, 13/29 Nicolson Street EH8 9FT
Tuesday 5 – Saturday 10 June 2017
Evenings: 7.30pm; Matinees: Thurs & Sat: 2.30pm.
Tickets from http://www.capitaltheatres.com/mbcinderella.

New Adventures website: http://new-adventures.net/cinderella.
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