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Birmingham Royal Ballet 2024/25 season Details
Via Clair for Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB)
Announcing the 2024/25 Season in February, Carlos Acosta, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Director said:
I am so happy to be able to share our plans for the future with everyone. Still riding high from the successes of the autumn/winter 2023 season, we have a lot to celebrate, but we also keep moving forward, keep challenging ourselves and keep aiming high, in terms of our goals and ambitions.
Everyone at BRB has worked incredibly hard to ensure my vision for this company has been, and continues to be, realised, and I am very proud of our achievements and excited about our plans.
This Season exemplifies the importance of balancing the creation of platforms for emerging talents to shine, alongside the joy we bring to the classical canon of work that the Company is so proud to perform.’
La Fille mal gardée (25th to 28th September at Birmingham Hippodrome)
The autumn season begins at Birmingham Hippodrome where BRB presents Sir Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée, its Founder Choreographer’s most popular ballet.
This is the first time La Fille mal gardée has been presented by BRB under the directorship of Carlos Acosta, who, for many, is one of the definitive interpreters of Colas in this sunny, effervescent ballet. The production is part of the official 2024-28 Ashton Worldwide Festival. Additional BRB events programmed as part of the Festival include A Celebration of Ashton in February 2025, and a special Ashton Foundation Insight masterclass, featuring Carlos Acosta and Sandra Madgwick coaching BRB dancers in the roles of Colas and Lise on 30th April 2024 at Elmhurst Ballet School.
La Fille mal gardée is at Birmingham Hippodrome from 25th to 28th September, Theatre Royal Plymouth from 10th to 13th October and Sadler’s Wells London on 24th and 25th October. Book tickets here: brb.org.uk/shows/la-fille-mal-gardee.
Luna (3rd to 5th October at Birmingham Hippodrome)
Also this autumn, Birmingham Royal Ballet presents the World Premiere of Luna, a 2-act (full-length), abstract ballet in six movements, which forms the final part of Carlos’s Birmingham Trilogy (City of a Thousand Trades plus Black Sabbath and now Luna).
This new work is inspired by the pioneering and socially enterprising women of Birmingham who have contributed to the shape of the city that Birmingham Royal Ballet calls home.
Drawing inspiration from the book Once Upon a Time in Birmingham: Women Who Dare to Dream by Louise Palfreyman, it features an all-female, international creative team, including;
Choreographers, Iratxe Ansa (Spain), Wubkje Kuindersma (Netherlands), Seeta Patel (UK), Arielle Smith (UK) and Thais Suárez (Cuba). Music is composed by Kate Whitley (UK). Costume Design is by Imaan Ashraf, Projection Design by Hayley Egan and Lighting Design by Emma Jones. The creative team will explore contemporary universal themes including matriarchal roles in society, education, female empowerment, overcoming adversity, and community.
The World Premiere of Luna is at Birmingham Hippodrome from 3rd to 5th October and at Sadler’s Wells on 22nd and 23rd October. Details and tickets here: brb.org.uk/shows/luna.
The Nutcracker (22nd November to 14th December at Birmingham Hippodrome)
Sir Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker was his gift to the City of Birmingham when Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet moved to the city in 1990 and it remains one of the world’s most spectacular presentations of this festive tale. After breaking all previous box office records in the Birmingham 2023 run, this year will see the first-ever Relaxed performance at Birmingham Hippodrome, which will bring this story to life for children and young people normally unable to attend theatre productions of this scale (1pm, 3rd December).
The Nutcracker’s run at Birmingham Hippodrome is from 22nd November to 14th December with The Royal Albert Hall spectacular presentation of The Nutcracker returning from 29th to 31st December 2024).
Cinderella (19th to 29th February at Birmingham Hippodrome)
The 2025 Spring UK Tour will be Sir David Bintley’s Cinderella, one of BRB’s most popular ballets. With sumptuous sets and costumes by John MacFarlane, virtuoso dance and some of ballet’s most memorable coups de theatre, Cinderella continues to thrill audiences across the world with one of the largest UK touring productions. This is one of BRB’s most in-demand ballets.
Cinderella is at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton from 6th to 8th February 2025, Birmingham Hippodrome from 19th February to 1st March, The Lowry in Salford 6th to 8th March, Sunderland Empire 13th to 15th March, Bristol Hippodrome 27th to 29th March, and finally Plymouth Theatre Royal 9th to 12th April.
ALSO: Black Sabbath, Classical Selection and BRB2
Fresh from the sell-out success in Birmingham, Plymouth and London, Black Sabbath – The Ballet has had a raft of international interest. The European premiere will be at the Luxor Theatre in Rotterdam, presented by Holland Dance Festival (13th to 15th June) and we are already in advanced talks about touring Black Sabbath – The Ballet to the USA in summer 2025.
In summer 2024, the Company will make its first-ever visit to Iceland to perform Carlos Acosta’s Classical Selection in Reykjavik.
Spring 2025 will see the third BRB2 UK tour, this time featuring an all-new programme, to be announced. BRB2 has attracted a wealth of international talent to the company already. These future stars have already made their mark within the company and, as the two-year initiative approaches its first conclusion, all eyes are on what these talented young dancers will do next.
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