Cape Town City Ballet heralds the start of its bumper summer programme with captivating festive season favourite The Nutcracker. Fun for all the family, The Nutcracker is produced by ballet doyenne Veronica Paeper, and will be presented for a limited season from 7 to 23 December 2022 at Artscape in the Opera House.
Celebrating the 130th anniversary of the premiere of this charming ballet story, the dynamic dancers of Cape Town City Ballet will be accompanied by Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Brandon Phillips at select performances. Following nationwide auditions, forty children at each show have the chance to delight audiences as they perform alongside the Company.
Enigmatic story
The Nutcracker is set on Christmas Eve at a celebratory gathering of family, friends and children, as an enigmatic story unfolds. The children receive their special gifts, and Clara is beguiled by her very unusual nutcracker doll. She falls asleep holding her new friend, and dreams that she saves the doll’s life in a “fierce” battle against The Mouse King.
Just like that – the doll magically transforms into a handsome prince, who whisks Clara away to the Kingdom of the Sweets through the Land of Snow. The enigmatic Sugar Plum Fairy welcomes Clara and the Prince to her land as special guests and treats them to a spectacular display of the world’s most wonderful delectable indulgences in the captivating Kingdom of the Treats!
For The Nutcracker, Veronica Paeper once again teams up with her long-standing collaborator Peter Cazalet for Set and Costume Design, assisted by Set and Costume consultant Michael Mitchell. Acclaimed designer Wilhelm Disbergen is responsible for Lighting Design.
What: The Nutcracker
Where and when: Artscape from 7 to 23 December 2022
The Nutcracker tickets: Computicket
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