NUTCRACKER! - Full Casting and even more UK cities announced!
Posted on Monday 12 September 2011
NEW ADVENTURES PRESS RELEASE 13th SEPTEMBER 2011
FULL CASTING AND NEW DATES ANNOUNCED
Full casting is announced for Matthew Bourne’s NUTCRACKER!, which returns to Sadler’s Wells this Christmas to celebrate the production’s 20th Anniversary with a limited seven week run from Tuesday 6 December 2011 - Sunday 22 January 2012, as well as touring extensively throughout the UK (tour schedule attached).
New dates are also added, with the tour now playing Dublin Grand Canal Theatre (Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 May 2012) and Newcastle Theatre Royal (Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 May 2012). Christmas 2011 marks another special anniversary, as New Adventures returns to Sadler’s Wells for a 10th consecutive Christmas Season.
Returning to New Adventures in the role of ‘CLARA’ is HANNAH VASSALLO, who has recently completed two years in the West End production of Dirty Dancing playing the leading role of ‘Baby’. ‘NUTCRACKER!’ will be played by CHRIS TRENFIELD (‘The Swan’ in Swan Lake), ADAM MASKELL (‘The Angel’ in Cinderella) and EDWIN RAY (‘The Pilot’ in Cinderella). ‘SUGAR’ will be performed by ASHLEY SHAW, SOPHIA HURDLEY and CHLOE WILKINSON (all from the recent hit production of Cinderella) whilst her brother, ‘FRITZ’ will be played by New Adventures favourite DOMINIC NORTH (a record-breaking 7 different productions with New Adventures since his debut in 2004) and DANIEL COLLINS (Cinderella).
‘DR DROSS’ will be played by NEIL WESTMORELAND, recently seen as ‘The Pilot’ in Cinderella and DANIEL WRIGHT (Cinderella, The Car Man). His Wife, ‘MRS DROSS’ and Matron to the Orphans will be played by MADELAINE BRENNAN (‘The Girlfriend’ in Swan Lake 3D, ‘Stepmother’ in Cinderella) and DAISY MAY KEMP (Swan Lake) along with the original 1992 ‘Clara’, ETTA MURFITT, returning to help celebrate the production’s 20th Anniversary.
Returning to New Adventures for Matthew Bourne’s NUTCRACKER! are PHIL JACK GARDNER, TOM JACKSON GREAVES, CARRIE JOHNSON, NICOLE KABERA, MARI KAMATA, DENA LAGUE, KATY LOWENHOFF, KATE LYONS, JAMIE MCDONALD, LUKE MURPHY, GAVIN PERSAND, ALASTAIR POSTLETHWAITE and DANNY REUBENS. Making their debuts with New Adventures are MERRY HOLDEN, KATRINA LYNDON, LEON MORAN and LIAM MOWER, who was London’s first ‘Billy Elliot’ and the youngest person ever to win an Olivier Award.
Matthew Bourne said today “To help celebrate this evergreen production’s 20th Birthday, I have decided to cast the show with the next generation of New Adventures dancers, mostly making their debuts in these roles. With popular productions such as Nutcracker! now returning to New Adventures’ repertoire on a regular basis, it seems only right to develop and nurture the incredible young talent that we have in the company by giving them bigger opportunities and challenges. I am, though, delighted to say that the cast includes our original Clara from 1992, Etta Murfitt, who along with several other New Adventures veterans, will guide and inspire the younger cast members.
With the addition of several new dates, added recently, I am thrilled to announce our biggest ever UK tour. Nutcracker! will be seen at a record-breaking 21 major venues, throughout the UK, made all the more remarkable, by the fact that this “seasonal” favourite will still be entertaining audiences in mid-May”
Matthew Bourne’s NUTCRACKER! follows last year’s hugely successful production of CINDERELLA, which after an 8 week, sold out run at Sadler’s Wells and a recent international tour has now played over 200 performances and been seen by over 240,000 people.
This delicious theatrical feast has family-sized helpings of Matthew Bourne’s trademark wit, pathos and magical fantasy. NUTCRACKER! follows Clara’s bittersweet journey from a hilariously bleak Christmas Eve at Dr. Dross’ Orphanage, through a shimmering, ice-skating winter wonderland to the scrumptious candy kingdom of Sweetieland.
Tchaikovsky’s glorious score and Anthony Ward’s delicious sets and costumes combine with sizzling choreography to create a fresh and charmingly irreverent interpretation of the traditional favourite. Directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne, it is co-devised by Martin Duncan, with lighting design by Howard Harrison and sound design by Paul Groothuis.
Described by The Observer as “the undisputed king of dance theatre”, Matthew Bourne’s company New Adventures has produced some of the most successful dance productions of the last two decades including Swan Lake, Edward Scissorhands and last year’s sell-out hit, Cinderella.
Matthew Bourne is widely hailed as the UK’s most popular and successful Choreographer/Director. He is the creator of the world’s longest running ballet production, a five-time Olivier Award winner, and the only British director to have won the Tony Award for both Best Choreographer and Best Director of a Musical.
http://www.new-adventures.net/nutcracker
For further press information please contact Simon Raw on 07818 444 115 or simon@rawpr.co.uk
or Mark Senior on 07800 665 904 or mark@rawpr.co.uk
TOUR DATES 2011/2012
The Churchill, Bromley – Saturday 5 – Saturday 12 November 2011
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 0844 871 7620 | www.atgtickets.com/Bromley
Cardiff, Wales Millennium Centre - Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 November 2011
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 029 2063 6464 | www.wmc.org.uk
Regent Theatre, Stoke - Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 November 2011
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 0844 871 7615 | www.atgtickets.com/Stoke-On-Trent
Edinburgh Festival Theatre - Tuesday 28 – Saturday 3 December 2011
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 0131 529 6000 | www.fctt.org.uk
Sadler’s Wells London – Tuesday 6 December 2011 – Sunday 22 January 2012
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 0844 412 4300 | www.sadlerswells.com
Liverpool Empire - Tuesday 24 – Saturday 28 January 2012
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 0844 871 3017 | www.liverpoolempire.org.uk
New Victoria Theatre, Woking - Tuesday 31 January – Saturday 4 February 2012
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 0844 871 7645 | www.atgtickets.com/woking
Birmingham Hippodrome - Tuesday 7 – Saturday 11 February 2012
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 0844 338 5000 | www.birminghamhippodrome.com
Milton Keynes Theatre - Tuesday 14 – Saturday 18 February 2012
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 0844 871 7652 | www.atgtickets.com/miltonkeynes
Glasgow King's Theatre - Tuesday 21 – Saturday 25 February 2012
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 0844 871 7648 | www.atgtickets.com/Glasgow
Leicester Curve – Monday 27 February – Saturday 3 March 2012
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 0116 242 3595 | www.curveonline.co.uk
New Wimbledon Theatre - Tuesday 13 March – Saturday 17 March 2012
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 0844 871 7646 | www.atgtickets.com/Wimbledon
Salford Lowry - Tuesday 20 March – Saturday 24 March 2012
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 0843 208 6000 | www.thelowry.com
Theatre Royal, Norwich - Tuesday 27 - Saturday 31 March 2012
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 01603 630000 | www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford - Tuesday 3 April – Saturday 7 April 2012
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 01274 432000 | www.bradford-theatres.co.uk
Oxford New Theatre - Tuesday 10 April – Saturday 14 April 2012
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 0844 847 1585 | www.newtheatreoxford.org.uk
Bristol Hippodrome - Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 April 2012
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 0844 871 3012 | www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk
Theatre Royal, Plymouth - Tuesday 24 – Saturday 29 April 2012
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 01752 230440 | www.theatreroyal.com
Theatre Royal, Nottingham - Tuesday 1 – Saturday 5 May 2012
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 0115 989 5555 | www.trch.co.uk
Grand Canal Theatre, Dublin - Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 May 2012
ON SALE SOON – Box Office 0818 719 377| www.grandcanaltheatre.ie
Theatre Royal, Newcastle - Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 May 2012
ON SALE NOW – Box Office 08448 11 21 21| www.theatreroyal.co.uk
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