Date

March 2013

Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty

Events, Theatre By Mar 13, 2013 3 Comments

Days after seeing it, I am still thinking about Matthew Bourne’s magical interpretation of Sleeping Beauty. It wasn’t love at first sight but once the fairies made their entrance and started to bestow their gifts, I fell for it in all its gothic loveliness. From that moment on, I was transfixed and entranced, drawn into the enchanted forest and dazzled…

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