New Adventures

PRESS RELEASE - FRIDAY 21st MAY

New Adventures present in association with Sadler’s Wells

Matthew Bourne’s
CINDERELLA
Music by Prokofiev

A New Adventures Production

New Adventures returns to Sadler’s Wells for its 9th annual Christmas Season with a new production of Matthew Bourne’s CINDERELLA from Tuesday 30 November 2010 to Sunday 23 January 2011. Tickets go on sale Wednesday 26 May.

Our longest ever UK Tour also announced!

International dates announced so far include - Amsterdam, Rotterdam, our 2nd visit to the Ravenna Festival and our 4th visit to the Chekhov International Festival in Moscow

Full Casting will be announced later this month

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London 1940… The Blackout… a siren sounds...

New Adventures' new production of CINDERELLA is a thrilling and evocative journey through London during the Second World War. Matthew Bourne's interpretation of Prokofiev's haunting score has, at its heart, a true wartime romance. A chance meeting results in a magical night for Cinderella and her dashing young RAF pilot, together just long enough to fall in love before being parted by the horrors of the Blitz.

First seen in the West End in 1997, but now completely revised, this brand new production is created to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the London Blitz. It features design by Lez Brotherston who won an Olivier award for his original designs, and new lighting designs by Neil Austin. Cinderella will be performed in Surround Sound, designed by Paul Groothius. Featuring a specially commissioned new recording of the score, New Adventures will create a cinematic experience, taking the audience into the heart of Prokofiev’s magnificent music and the sound world of war-torn London.

CINDERELLA is both a tribute and a testament to the spirit of London during a time when every second counted and lives were changed forever. Bourne's vivid storytelling has never been more heart-stopping and touching, creating a unique and unforgettable depiction of a familiar and beloved fable.

Matthew Bourne said today “I am bringing Cinderella back and into the New Adventures repertory for the first time, not only to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the London Blitz but also as a 50th Birthday present to myself!

It has always been a very special project for me and I have for many years now wanted the UK to see the revised version of the production that we made for the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in 1999. Many years have passed since that production, which no longer exists in the physical sense, so I am delighted to be able to present this brand new production which incorporates some of the LA revisions, and many new ones.

My Grandparents and my Mum and Dad lived a couple of streets away from each other in the East End throughout the nightly onslaught of The Blitz. Cinderella is also my personal tribute to them”

For further press information please contact Peter Thompson on 020 7439 1210 info@ptassociates.co.uk or Simon Raw on 07818 444 115 or simon@rawpr.co.uk

TOUR DATES

Plymouth Theatre Royal
Monday 15 – Saturday 20 November 2010

Lowry, Salford Quays
Tuesday 23 – Saturday 27 November 2010

Sadler’s Wells, London
Tuesday 30 November 2010 – Sunday 23 January 2011

Regent Theatre, Stoke
Tuesday 1 – Saturday 6 February 2011

Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Tuesday 8 – Saturday 13 February 2011

Birmingham Hippodrome
Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 February 2011

Milton Keynes Theatre
Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 February 2011

New Victoria Theatre, Woking
Tuesday 1 – Saturday 5 March 2011

Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 March 2011

The Curve, Leicester
Tuesday 15 - Saturday 19 March 2011

Theatre Royal, Norwich
Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 March 2011

Carre Theatre, Amsterdam
Wednesday 30 March – Sunday 3 April 2011

Nieuwe Luxor Theatre, Rotterdam
Wednesday 6 – Sunday 10 April 2011

New Wimbledon Theatre
Wednesday 13 – Saturday 16 April 2011

Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe
Tuesday 19 – Saturday 23 April 2011

Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
Tuesday 3 – Saturday 7 May 2011

Ravenna Festival, Italy
Wednesday 15 – Sunday 19 June 2011

Chekhov Festival, Moscow
Tuesday 28 June – Sunday 10 July 2011

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