The Sleeping Beauty - The Australian Ballet
This production will make you see a classic fairy tale with new eyes.
Overview
Great tales don't just stand the rest of time — as they keep regaling audiences over years, decades and more, they also inspire new versions, adaptations and interpretations. Accordingly, everything old can be new again, even when based upon a centuries-old story.
Take the Australian Ballet's latest production of The Sleeping Beauty for example. You may have delved or danced into Princess Aurora's plight before, but this acclaimed production will make you view it with fresh eyes. In its Brisbane premiere, a curse strikes, a slumber falls and a fair maiden awaits true love's kiss — and a classic narrative feels both timeless and revitalised.
Catch the splendour of David McAllister's take on the story, revel in the sets and costume designs by Gabriela Tylesova and hear Tchaikovsky's score, all at QPAC's Lyric Theatre from February 24 to March 4.
Image: Kate Longley.