NEW ADVENTURES
ANNOUNCE FULL CASTING FOR
MATTHEW BOURNE’S
“SWAN LAKE”
MATTHEW BALL, WILL BOZIER AND MAX WESTWELL
TO PLAY ‘THE SWAN’
LIAM MOWER, DOMINIC NORTH
AND NEWCOMER, JAMES LOVELL
TO PLAY ‘THE PRINCE’
New Adventures is delighted to announce casting for the UK tour of Matthew Bourne’s new production of his legendary “SWAN LAKE”.
The show will tour for 32 weeks to 22 venues throughout the UK and begins at the Theatre Royal Plymouth on Saturday 22 September 2018, ahead of an eight-week Christmas season at Sadler’s Wells from Tuesday 4 December to Sunday 27 January 2019. “SWAN LAKE” will continue until the end of May 2019, before embarking on a number of international tour dates. UK Tour listings below.
Royal Ballet rising star, Matthew Ball, will be joining New Adventures for the entire London season of Matthew Bourne’s “SWAN LAKE” at Sadler’s Wells in the role of ‘The Swan’. Matthew will be making his debut with New Adventures and will dance four performances each week during the eight-week season at Sadler’s Wells. He is currently making his debut as ‘Prince Siegfried’ in The Royal Ballet’s new production of “Swan Lake” at the Royal Opera House. Matthew Ball joins New Adventures’ star Will Bozier, currently dancing to great acclaim as ‘Harry, the Pilot’, in Matthew Bourne’s “Cinderella” and former English National Ballet star Max Westwell who was also recently seen in the West End in “An American in Paris”. Will and Max are both making their debuts in the role of ‘The Swan’ and will perform throughout the tour.
Both returning to the role of ‘The Prince’, two much loved New Adventures Principal dancers, Liam Mower (currently wowing audiences as ‘The Angel’ in “Cinderella”) and Dominic North (acclaimed star of “Edward Scissorhands”, “The Car Man”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “The Red Shoes” and currently “Cinderella”). They are joined by New Adventures’ newcomer, James Lovell who is making his professional debut.
‘The Queen’ will be performed by two long-time New Adventures favourites, Nicole Kabera and Katrina Lyndon both making their debuts in this role.
‘The Girlfriend’ will also be performed by Katrina Lyndon. She is joined by Freya Field and Carrie Willis who are both returning to the Swan Lake Company.
‘The Private Secretary’ will be played by long-time Company Principal Glenn Graham (recently seen as ‘Grischa’ in “The Red Shoes”) along with Max Westwell and Ashley-Jordon Packer.
Returning to New Adventures are Tom Broderick, PJ Hurst and Alex Sturman.
Making their debuts with New Adventures are: Nicole Alphonce, Leigh Alderson, Jonathan Luke Baker, Alistair Beattie, Benjamin Bazeley, Megan Cameron, João Castro, Zanna Cornelis, Kayla Collymore, Keenan Fletcher, Michaela Guibarra, Bryony Harrison, Nicholas Keegan, Shoko Ito, Courtney Liu, Jack Mitchell, Barnaby Quarendon, Jack William Parry, Sam Salter, Stan West and Milwhynne Williams.
Also making their New Adventures debut are Andrew Ashton from Newcastle, Isaac Bowry from Glasgow and Harry Ondrak-Wright from Birmingham who all performed in the acclaimed New Adventures production of Lord of the Flies in 2014.
New Adventures is committed to finding and developing diverse young talent from across the UK and their annual open auditions were attended by over 400 dancers. Since Lord of the Flies in 2014 New Adventures has been supporting young dancers from this production on their journey into training and professional work. The company have delivered various initiatives, including Swan School, two week-long intensives designed to prepare graduate level dancers for the audition process. This production of Swan Lake is the first New Adventures production to feature dancers who had their first experience of dance with the company in Lord of the Flies.
New Adventures is delighted to continue its relationship with Central School of Ballet and will this year be joining forces for the third year of our Student Associates Programme. This year making their New Adventures debuts on the Sadler’s Wells stage will be third year students, Lewis Bondu and Alex Fadayiro. The Student Associates are generously sponsored by the Archie Lloyd Charitable Foundation.
Matthew Bourne said today “With the largest cast in our repertory, Swan Lake always gives us the opportunity to bring a wealth of new talent into the Company and I’m excited to welcome so many new dancers into the New Adventures family. I’m particularly thrilled to welcome cast members whose journey to this production came via our production of “Lord of the Flies” or through our “Swan School” which was designed to develop young talent for this company. My thanks also to Royal Ballet Director, Kevin O’Hare, who was as enthusiastic as I was about seeing Royal Ballet star, Matthew Ball, dance this role, and was instrumental in making that happen”.
Matthew Bourne’s “SWAN LAKE” returns with a fresh look for the 21st century.
Retaining the iconic elements of the original production loved by millions around the world, Matthew Bourne and his Associate Artists, award-winning designers Lez Brotherston (Set & Costumes) and Paule Constable(Lighting) will create an exciting re-imagining of the classic production.
Thrilling, audacious, witty and emotive, this Swan Lake is perhaps still best known for replacing the female corps-de-ballet with a menacing male ensemble, which shattered conventions, turned tradition upside down and took the dance world by storm.
Collecting over thirty international accolades including an Olivier Award in the UK and three Tonys on Broadway, Matthew Bourne’s powerful interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece is a passionate and contemporary Swan Lake for our times.
New Adventures is a national portfolio organisation supported using public funds by Arts Council England.
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LISTINGS
SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER – SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2018
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TUESDAY 2 OCTOBER – SATURDAY 6 OCTOBER 2018
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TUESDAY 9 OCTOBER – SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER 2018
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TUESDAY 16 OCTOBER – SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER 2018
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TUESDAY 23 OCTOBER – SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER 2018
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TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER – SATURDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2018
ALHAMBRA THEATRE, BRADFORD – www.bradford-theatres.co.uk
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TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER – SATURDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2018
THEATRE ROYAL, NOTTINGHAM – www.trch.co.uk
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TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER – SATURDAY 1 DECEMBER 2018
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TUESDAY 4 DECEMBER 2018 – SUNDAY 27 JANUARY 2019
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TUESDAY 29 JANUARY – SATURDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2019
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TUESDAY 5 FEBRUARY – SATURDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2019
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TUESDAY 19 FEBRUARY – SATURDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2019
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TUESDAY 5 MARCH – SATURDAY 9 MARCH 2019
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TUESDAY 12 MARCH – SATURDAY 16 MARCH 2019
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TUESDAY 26 MARCH – SATURDAY 30 MARCH 2019
MARLOWE THEATRE, CANTERBURY – www.marlowetheatre.com
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TUESDAY 2 APRIL – SATURDAY 6 APRIL 2019
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TUESDAY 9 APRIL – SATURDAY 13 APRIL 2019
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NEW WIMBLEDON THEATRE – www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-wimbledon-theatre
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TUESDAY 23 APRIL – SATURDAY 27 APRIL 2019
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