Birmingham Royal Ballet's Swan Lake at the Hippodrome

Birmingham Royal Ballet's Swan Lake is back at Birmingham Hippodrome, with performances running until Saturday 3 October before the production moves to London.

The run began on Wednesday 23 September. It is a revival of the much-loved production by Sir Peter Wright, the company's Director Laureate, whose long association with Birmingham Royal Ballet the company has been celebrating.

The music

The Royal Ballet Sinfonia plays Tchaikovsky's score live. Swan Lake is one of the most famous ballets ever written, telling the story of Prince Siegfried and Odette, a princess turned into a swan by the sorcerer Rothbart.

The cast

The role of Odette and Odile, the white and black swans, is shared by Celine Gittens, Momoko Hirata, Yu Kurihara, Miki Mizutani, Beatrice Parma and Yaoqian Shang. Prince Siegfried is danced by Enrique Bejarano Vidal, Tzu-Chao Chou, Mathias Dingman, Yasiel Hodelin Bello, Mason King, Max Maslen and Lachlan Monaghan.

On to Sadler's Wells

After Birmingham, the production transfers to Sadler's Wells Theatre in London from Wednesday 28 to Saturday 31 October.

A company rooted in Birmingham

Birmingham Royal Ballet moved to the city from London in 1990, when it was the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, and the Hippodrome has been its home theatre ever since. The company has studios next to the theatre on Thorp Street and works in schools and communities across the city.

Tickets

Tickets are available from Birmingham Hippodrome. The theatre offers audio-described and captioned performances for some shows, and discounted tickets for younger audiences are often available.

Coming up

The company's Christmas season traditionally includes The Nutcracker at the Hippodrome, one of the most popular events in Birmingham's cultural calendar.