Running time: 165 mins
Theatre
Royal Ballet Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashtons Cinderella celebrates its 75th anniversary this Season. The ballets opening night in 1948, featuring Moira Shearer and Michael Somes in the lead roles, was received rapturously. After over a decade away from the Royal Opera House stage, Ashtons timeless reworking of Charles Perraults famous rags-to-riches story returns, showcasing the choreographers deft musicality and the beauty of Prokofievs transcendent score. A creative team steeped in the magic of theatre, film, dance and opera brings new atmosphere to Cinderellas ethereal world of fairy godmothers and pumpkin carriages, handsome princes and finding true love.