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| Image Source: Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty |
Format: Ballet
Genre: Drama
Date: February 16 2016
Location: Liverpool Empire Theatre
Originally written several years ago by Matthew Bourne, and having been performed at the Liverpool Empire in 2013, Sleeping Beauty has returned to the home city of the Liver Bird. For those unfamiliar with the work of Bourne, this is a retelling of the classic children's fairy-tale in the form of ballet, as well as some unexpected twists and turns.
Sleeping Beauty tells the story of a young Princess, Aurora (who is initially portrayed by a baby doll puppet, whose actions are humorously realistic, and is then played later on by Ashley Shaw), who is handed a curse early in life by the wicked Carabosse (Tom Clark). Come her 16th birthday, Carabosse is dead but her son Caradoc (also played by Tom Clark) still plots evil retribution, and so that is the day when Aurora falls victim to the curse.
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