We've got a great offer for SWAN LAKE at the London Coliseum this week but hurry there's only a few performances left, so snap your tickets up right now.It should be an absolute treat. After Matthew Bourne's re-imagining of the piece with male swans it'll be great to see a traditional production performed by a highly acclaimed Russian company, the renowned St Petersburg Ballet Theatre. The Russians of course are the masters of ballet and SWAN LAKE is by the Russian composer Tchaikovsky so they should really capture the spirit of this masterpiece.
The music is achingly beautiful and if you're new to SWAN LAKE you'll recognise many famous tunes from Classic FM, TV adverts and compilation albums of the best classical music.
Internationally acclaimed Irina Kolesnikova brings together guest artists of the Mariinsky Theatre, the Bolshoi Theatre and the Royal Ballet’s own Vadim Muntagirov in what's been described as a spell-binding production, that features lavish costumes, beautiful sets and a company of 55.
It's a beautiful story. In an old German castle, Prince Siegfried is celebrating his eighteenth birthday. He is congratulated by his mother, friends and courtiers and in a majestic ceremony, Siegfried is made a knight promising duty and valor will be the guiding principles in his life.
He dreams of a pure, ideal love but as night falls Siegfried is conscious of an evil presence which lures him to the banks of a mysterious lake.
In the shimmering patches of moonlight on the water, visions of bewitched swan maidens rise up before him. Siegfried catches sight of Odette, the most beautiful of the maidens. He is spell-bound and struck by her beauty he swears to Odette that he will love her forever and be faithful to her.
Alas, back at the Palace Siegfried must chose a mortal wife, although he can think of nothing but Odette.
Suddenly, a mysterious knight arrives at the ball accompanied by a ravishingly beautiful young girl and a suite of black swans. The knight is an evil magician who brings with him Odile, Odette’s double to tempt Siegfried to be unfaithful. It works! Struck by their resemblance, Siegfried announces Odile will be his bride until the throne room is plunged in darkness and a vision of the real Odette appears.
Siegfried rushes in despair after this receding image of the white swan and begs for her forgiveness.
Unfortunately the magician has other ideas and separates the lovers with a storm. As dawn breaks, the prince finds himself alone.
Why not immerse yourself in this magical tale tonight, in a first class production by the Russian masters? It's amongst the very best theatre London has to offer.
If anyone has any doubts as to the power of theatre and the audience's imagination to transport us to another time and place they should hurry to the Southwark Playhouse where director Thom Sutherland brilliantly recreates the bustle of Berlin’s Grand Hotel in the 1920s on a narrow strip of marbled floor, in the midst of the audience, beneath a single chandelier.