Swan Lake: Royal Ballet Live

A screening of The Royal Ballet's Swan Lake, with Tchaikovsky's score, Liam Scarlett's production and John Macfarlane's designs, at Wells Maltings.

This screening presents Liam Scarlett's production of Swan Lake for The Royal Ballet, set to Tchaikovsky's score with designs by John Macfarlane. The ballet follows Princess Odette, cursed by the sorcerer Von Rothbart, and Prince Siegfried, whose pledge of eternal love offers the chance of freedom. Choreography is credited to Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with additional choreography by Liam Scarlett and Frederick Ashton, and the approximate runtime is 3 hours 25 minutes with two intervals. Casting is yet to be confirmed.