RB&O: The Nutcracker

A screening of the Royal Ballet's festive classic The Nutcracker, featuring Tchaikovsky's score and Peter Wright's celebrated production.

This screening presents Peter Wright's production of The Nutcracker, the festive family favourite in which young Clara is whisked away by the magician Drosselmeyer into a world of enchanted toys, flurried snow and glittering confection. The ballet is set to Tchaikovsky's orchestral score with Julia Trevelyan Oman's period designs. The cast includes Mayara Magri as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Reece Clarke as the Prince, James Hay as Herr Drosselmeyer, Marianna Tsembenhoi as Clara and Taisuke Nakao as Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker.