Preview: The Tempest at Sunderland Empire

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World Premiere: A new ballet choreographed by David Bintley

The Tempest

Sunderland Empire

Thursday 20^th – Saturday 22^ndOctober 2016

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s 2016 Shakespeare season concludes with the world premiere of Director David Bintley’s new full-length ballet The Tempest. One of William Shakespeare’s most beloved narratives takes to the stage in a breath-taking production full of theatrical wizardry and stunning designs by War Horse’s Rae Smith set to a brand-new score by acclaimed British composer Sally Beamish and lit by Bruno Poet (Miss Saigon).

In The Tempest, David Bintley conjures Prospero’s magical isle from Shakespeare’s late masterpiece into a spellbinding new work of ballet theatre. At once enchanting and elemental The Tempest is a powerful story of a man determined to right past wrongs by all means in his power. This creative collaboration with acclaimed composer Sally Beamish, designer Rae Smith (The Prince of the Pagodas, War Horse), and lighting designer Bruno Poet (Miss Saigon) intertwines themes of love, loyalty, and loss, punctuated by a comic duo, more than one dastardly conspiracy and a spectacular danced masque featuring gods and spirits.

The Tempest receives its world premiere at Birmingham Hippodrome on Saturday 1 October, with performances there until Saturday 8 October, and then embarks on a UK tour to London (Sadler’s Wells), Sunderland (Sunderland Empire) and Plymouth (Theatre Royal Plymouth) throughout October.

Production credits: Music: Sally Beamish; Choreography: David Bintley; Designs: Rae Smith; Lighting: Bruno Poet.

Follow the creative process during August and September at brb.org.uk/CreatingTempest.

Tickets:

Tickets available from the Box Office on High Street West, via the ticket centre 0844 871 3022* or www.ATGtickets.com/Sunderland *calls cost up to 7p per minute plus standard network charges. Booking and transaction fees may apply to telephone and online bookings.