Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty
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Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty
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Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty London Reviews and Tickets

88%
(26 Ratings)
Positive
92%
Mixed
4%
Negative
4%
Members say
Enchanting, Absorbing, Delightful, Entertaining, Clever

About the Show

Matthew Bourne's ballet reimages Charles Perrault's classic story.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (26)

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53 Reviews | 0 Followers
91
Indulgent, Enchanting, Entertaining, Ambitious, Absorbing

See it if you love modern ballet

Don't see it if you want something with words or songs

166 Reviews | 24 Followers
90
Refreshing, Absorbing, Enchanting, Exquisite, Great staging

See it if you love a twist on tradition

Don't see it if you prefer traditional pieces

78 Reviews | 5 Followers
90
Clever, Great staging, Entertaining, Funny, Great dancing

See it if you want to see a great dance show with a lot of fun and gothic styling

Don't see it if you want actors talking

80 Reviews | 1 Follower
88
Enchanting, Exquisite, Romantic, Clever, Ambitious

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!

61 Reviews | 8 Followers
88
Masterful, Great staging, Exquisite, Enchanting, Ambitious

See it if You like a twist on an original

Don't see it if You want to see the original

58 Reviews | 2 Followers
69
Romantic, Great staging, Refreshing, Exquisite, Enchanting

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?

JFK
22 Reviews | 0 Followers
100
Enchanting, Absorbing, Ambitious, Clever, Entertaining

See it if like to see a classic ballet in a new frock, with heat staging, lots of entertaining and laughs

Don't see it if don't like Matthews other brilliant shows

41 Reviews | 3 Followers
100
Great staging, Exquisite, Enchanting, Delightful, Clever

See it if You love dance and fairytales with a twist and brilliant dancing

Don't see it if You don’t like a full on dance show

Critic Reviews (4)

The London Evening Standard
December 8th, 2022

"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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The Guardian (UK)
December 8th, 2022

"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 Stage (UK)
December 8th, 2022

"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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The Times (UK)
December 8th, 2022

"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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