
Matthew Bourne choreographs this version of Tchaikovsky's ballet performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre. Bourne sets the first part of the story in 1890, the year in which Tchaikovsky completed his version of Charles Perrault's classic fairy tale, with Beauty pricking herself on the poisoned rose in 1911 and awakening 100 years later in the contemporary world.

as Aurora

as Leo

as Count Lilac

as Carabosse/Caradoc

as King Benedict

as Queen Eleanor

as Miss Maddox

as Fairies

as Fairies

as Fairies

as Fairies

as Fairies

as Royal Household

as Royal Household

as Royal Household

as Aristocrats

as Aristocrats