Matthew Bourne’s smash-hit production was captured at the Bristol Hippodrome following the original sell-out UK tour. His haunting new scenario is a Gothic Romance that will delight dance fans of all ages.

The story crosses the ages, beginning in 1890 at the christening of the heroine Princess Aurora during the Fin-de-Siecle period when fairies, vampires and decadent opulence fed the gothic imagination. As Aurora grows into a young woman, we move forward in time to the more rigid, uptight Edwardian era; a mythical golden age of long summer afternoons, croquet on the lawn and new dance crazes. Years later, awakening from her century long slumber, Aurora finds herself in the modern day, a world more mysterious and wonderful than any fairy story!

Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty was the fastest selling production in the company’s history. This dazzling production has won the hearts of thousands and smashed box office records across the UK and at Sadler’s Wells.  Its USA premiere in 2013 prompted Joan Acolella of The New Yorker to hail Bourne as “the most popular choreographer of theatrical dance in the Western world” and The New York Times said: “This is Bourne at his best – a masterful storyteller.”  The production also won three Los Angeles Drama Critic Awards and the Ovation Award for “Best Production”.