CHRISTMAS is coming early to Weymouth with an early gift on the cards with beloved festive ballet The Nutcracker.

Featuring an impressive cast and accompanied by a large live orchestra with more than 30 musicians, the Russian State Ballet and Opera House's production arrives at Weymouth Pavilion on October 10.

It is directed and choreographed by former Bolshoi Ballet Soloist Konstantin Uralsky and features music by Pyotr I.Tchaikovsky.

The Nutcracker continues to capture the hearts and imagination of generations of theatre-goers.

Those behind the production say it is 'a truly captivating piece of theatre, a wonderful introduction to ballet for anyone who has never experienced it and still so special to anyone who has'.

Based on “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” written by E.T.A. Hoffmann, it tells the story of Marie, a rather sad little girl, whose godfather Drosselmeyer gives her a nutcracker doll as a present on Christmas Eve, which turns into a prince.

When midnight strikes, the world turns all magical in the wintry glitter of Christmas Eve. Toys come alive, the Mouse-king and his mouse-army battle with the Nutcracker Prince and we travel through the Land of Snow to an enchanted place where the magic really begins….

Snow flurries, sweets, princes, magic, love, victories and defeats, and Tchaikovsky’s rousing score, are just some of the ingredients that will be brought together.

This is a highly accessible ballet, full of familiar music such as the Waltz of the Flowers and the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - a piece for a ballerina set to music written for the unique and almost eerie sounding instrument called celesta.

This is the ultimate and beautiful fairy-tale where goodness and beauty triumph.

Contact Weymouth Pavilion box office for tickets.

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