With family-sized helpings of Matthew Bourne’s trademark wit, pathos and magical fantasy, Nutcracker! follows Clara’s bittersweet journey from a darkly comic Christmas Eve at Dr Dross’s Orphanage through a shimmering, ice-skating winter wonderland to the scrumptious candy kingdom of Sweetieland, influenced by the lavish Hollywood musicals of the 1930s. Tchaikovsky’s glorious score and Anthony Ward’s newly refreshed delectable sets and costumes combine with Bourne’s dazzling choreography to create a fresh and charmingly irreverent interpretation of the classic.

Cast

Ashley Shaw

Sugar/ Princess Sugar

Cordelia Braithwaite

Clara

Harrison Dowzell

Nutcracker

Dominic North

Fritz/ Prince Bon-Bon

Danny Reubens

Dr Dross/ King Sherbert

Daisy May Kemp

Mrs Dross/ Queen Candy