Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (30)
See it if You like ballet. I loved the little twists to the tale.
Don't see it if You want the classic tale without a brilliant take on the story
See it if You like Matthew Bourne’s work
Don't see it if You prefer the classical interpretations of Sleeping Beauty
See it if You are a fan of dance and are looking for an original adaptation of the ballet. The dancing is beautiful
Don't see it if You're not someone who easily follows storylines - there is not speaking because it's a ballet and the adaptation is a bit different
See it if you like good modern ballet
Don't see it if you don't like ballet
See it if You love classic ballet choreography with a new and inventive look!
Don't see it if You hate ballet
See it if you love modern ballet
Don't see it if you want something with words or songs
See it if you enjoy an alternative interpretation of the classic story we all know and love, through the wordless medium of dance.
Don't see it if you don’t like a ballet split into 4 acts, you prefer dialogue storytelling over movement or you hate the music of Tchaikovsky?
See it if You love dancing. Matthew Bourne is very clever and this is such a beautiful piece.
Don't see it if You don’t like dance!
Critic Reviews (4)
"The way Bourne forces pieces of plot together doesn’t feel gorgeously inevitable, and this show can’t offer the emotional wallop of his best work, despite the sumptuous and ingenious ride."
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"Strange as it sounds, you don’t really go to a Bourne show for the dancing...It’s about playing to the gods, rather than the nuances of inner lives."
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"The dancing and the melodrama reach hysteria pitch. A real shame: Bourne and his company of excellent dancers can do better than this."
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"Bourne’s robust choreography, while referencing the classics like mad, relies more on dramatic exposition than historic stylistic imperatives, and isn’t always pegged to the grandeur of Tchaikovsky’s music."
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