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CHRISTMAS with NEW ADVENTURES!

As well as our hit seven week Christmas season of NUTCRACKER! at Sadlers Wells, you can also catch New Adventures and Matthew Bourne on television over the Festive period...

MATTHEW BOURNE'S SWAN LAKE

Thursday 22nd December SKY ARTS 2 at 8pm (simultaneous broadcast on SKY 3D)

The 2011 recording featuring Richard Winsor as The Swan, Dominic North as The Prince and Nina Goldman as The Queen.

The landmark 3D production can now also be seen for the first time in 2D on Sky Arts 2.

Will be released in cinema's in 3D during Easter 2011. Don't miss this chance to catch this special Christmas screening.

DARCEY BUSSELL DANCES HOLLYWOOD

Christmas Day BBC2 at 6.30pm

Matthew Bourne is interviewed about the enduring magic of Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Gene Kelly as Darcey Bussell attempts to recreate some iconic dances from their legendary Hollywood movies

MATTHEW BOURNE'S CHRISTMAS

Christmas Day - More4 at 9pm

Best of all is this brand new Christmas Special which celebrates 25 years of New Adventures and features thirteen newly filmed excerpts from ten of our productions. Some of them familiar, some of them not seen for many years, and all filmed in high definition in an exciting new way of presenting dance on camera, with projections, animation and graphics. Devised for television by Matthew Bourne and directed by long standing collaborator, Ross MacGibbon, the "Special" features many of you favourite New Adventures performers from past and present including the entire "Nutcracker!" company.

Here's what you can look forward to....

SPITFIRE (1988)

Featuring Christopher Marney, Jonathan Ollivier, Simon Williams and Richard Winsor

TOWN AND COUNTRY (1991) - "Country Gardens"

Featuring Kerry Biggin, Christopher Marney, Dominic North and Noi Tolmer

SWAN LAKE (1995) - Act 2 Duet

Featuring Jonmathan Ollivier and Christopher Marney with Tom Clark, Scott Jennings, Dominic Lamb and Paul Smethurst

CINDERELLA (1997 and 2010) "The Dummy Duet"

Featuring Ashley Shaw and Neil Westmoreland

PLAY WITHOUT WORDS (2002) "The Kitchen Table Duet"

Featuring Dominic Lamb, Zizi Strallen, Noi Tolmer and Richard Winsor

SWAN LAKE (1995) "Cygnet Dance"

Featuring Daniel Collins, Philip Jack Gardner, Luke Murphy and Gavin Persand

TOWN AND COUNTRY (1991) "Sleepy Lagoon"

Featuring Dominic Lamb, Christopher Marney, Michela Meazza, Etta Murfitt Paul Smethurst and Ewan Wardrop

THE INFERNAL GALOP (1989) "Pissoir"

Featuring Ewan Wardrop and Richard Winsor with Tom Clark, Dominic Lamb, Zizi Strallen and Paul Smethurst

NUTCRACKER! (1992) "Gobstoppers"

Featuring Daniel Collins, Luke Murphy and Danny Reubens

THE CAR MAN (2000) "Le Beat Route"

Featuring Michela Meazza and Richard Winsor with Ross Carpenter, Pia Driver, Dominic Lamb and Gemma Payne with Tom Clark, Chris Marney, Paul Smethurst and Ewan Wardrop

DORIAN GRAY (2008) "Basil Shoots Dorian"

Featuring Jason Piper and Richard Winsor

EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (2005) "Ice Sculpture Duet"

Featuring Kerry Biggin and Dominic North

NUTCRACKER! (1992) "Snowflakes"

Featuring Dominic North, Ashley Shaw, Christopher Trenfield and Hannah Vassallo with Sophia Hurdley and Liam Mower with the Nutcracker! Company

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/matthew-bournes-christmas

The programme will also be available to watch in 4od (4 on demand) for 30 days after transmission ...

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/4od

Enjoy...... and Happy Holidays from everyone at New Adventures!