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The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker

Don’t miss your last chance to see English National Ballet’s magical production of The Nutcracker this Christmas. This vibrant and eccentric production designed by Gerald Scarfe and choreographed by Christopher Hampson will be performed for the last time, having enchanted London audiences for seven consecutive years.

The Nutcracker tells the story of Clara, her Nutcracker doll and the magician Drosselmeyer, and their amazing adventures in the Land of Snow and the Kingdom of the Sweets. It is a spellbinding experience; Clara battles with a Mouse King, dances with snowflakes and falls in love with a handsome Prince.

The eternally popular Tchaikovsky score features the ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’ and many other familiar favourites.

This production runs for approximately two hours including one interval.

 
 
London Coliseum
16 December - 3 January

60th Birthday
London Festival Ballet performed Nutcracker as their first full-length ballet at the Stoll Theatre London, on 24 October 1950. This was the opening of what was to become English National Ballet’s first official London season.


English National Ballet was the company that put The Nutcracker on the map in Western Europe. It had been danced by other companies but did not have a central role in the repertoire until English National Ballet placed it at the heart of its annual programme and made it the popular Christmas feature it is today. In the 1950s, Balanchine’s production of The Nutcracker for New York City Ballet played a similar role in the USA.
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