Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty – The Lowry
Wow! For the awesome stage set and evocative costumes (such creativity from Lez Brotherton).
Wow! For the hauntingly beautiful music (composed by Tchaikovsky)
Wow! To the director, choreography and scenario concept (the incredible Sir Matthew Bourne)
Wow! To the amazing talent of all the company for their performance, of this sublime version of this well-known fairy tale of deception, passion and devotion.
That could be the full scope of my review for the performance at the Lowry – WOW! but I want to share more ……
Matthew Bourne is an advocate of the astonishingly beautiful works of the Russian composer Tchaikovsky, having already directed and created the ballets The Nutcracker! (Composed in 1891) and Swan Lake (1877) and now his latest gothic take on the masterpiece ...