Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker!

Dec 25, 2022

1h 27m

★ 5.5

Overview

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.

Genres

TV Movie

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Cast

Clara

Cordelia Braithwaite

Nutcracker

Harrison Dowzell

Sugar/ Princess Sugar

Ashley Shaw

Fritz/ Prince Bon-Bon

Dominic North

Dr Dross/ King Sherbert

Danny Reubens

Mrs Dross/ Queen Candy

Daisy May Kemp

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