Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake at Sadlers Wells Theatre

Why see Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake?

The Legend returns

In 1995, Matthew Bourne and New Adventures set the ballet world aflutter with their audacious interpretation of Tchaikovsky's iconic masterpiece. Bold, brilliant and vibrantly enthralling, this gender-bending, convention-breaking production will eschew tradition once more when it returns to Sadler's Wells this autumn, updated and evolved for the 21st Century.

Filled with drama, passion and doomed romance, Bourne builds a new story out of elements of Tchaikovsky's original, casting The Prince as his lead alongside a male corps de ballet as the cursed swans. Still replete with magic and beauty, this is an award-winning Swan Lake for our ever changing world, challenging the norm and leaving you enraptured by its shifted point of view.

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Chloe

Matthew Bourne Swan Lake

Overall, I found the show engaging, interesting and unique. The performance was different to other typical ballet routines and I enjoyed it in summary. I was however battling to understand the meaning of the choreography at a first glance as I was not able to tell what the dancers were trying to tell us through their dance. I did not really know the storyline prior but at the time it didn't make much sense to me. Despite this, the show was still beautiful and I would recommend you see this. ... Read more

Clair

Absolutely spellbound

I enjoyed this so much. Could have watched it again. Beautiful dance, costumes, music. Can't wait to see something else from Matthew Bourne. ... Read more

Polly

Swan Lake

Words fail me. Completely enraptured. Took days to get over it. Sat the whole way through with eyes fixed on stage and hardly breathing incase I missed something. Wept a lot - for joy as well as sorrow. ... Read more
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