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Matthew Bourne

MATTHEW BOURNE

  (1960 - )
Nationality:    English
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Matthew Bourne's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Matthew Bourne's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Lord Of The Flies         Play Without Words         Sleeping Beauty

Lord Of The Flies

Synopsis:
In this thrilling new production the action is transferred from deserted island to deserted theatre. A group of schoolboys find themselves abandoned. With no adults around they start to create their own rules and to build their own civilization. As time passes, the rituals become more disturbing as dark superstitions take hold. Order finally breaks down and blood is spilt as Ralph, Piggy, Jack and the boys grapple with the ?beast within' and the story builds to its thrilling climax. With a cast of New Adventures dancers and local young people, Golding's iconic characters are brought to life with raw energy, emotional intensity and electrifying performances. Chilling, beautiful and hugely entertaining, the piece will enthral die-hard Bourne fans as much as a generation of new audiences.

Notes:
Directed and adapted by Matthew Bourne and choreographer Scott Ambler from novel by William Golding

1st Produced:
Sadlers Wells, London    08 Oct 2014

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Play Without Words

Synopsis:
Chelsea, 1965. Behind the privileged facade of domestic social order lies a struggle for power, territory and sexual domination. In a suave Chelsea home an urbane master and his beautiful fiancee welcome their new manservant, Prentice. What follows will change their lives forever. Sexy, chic and thrillingly original, this dance Drama is a spellbinding carnival of seduction, intrigue and power.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
National Theatre Company Transformations Season

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Devised Piece 100 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  doubling, extras

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Sleeping Beauty

Synopsis:
Perrault's timeless fairy tale, about a young girl cursed to sleep for one hundred years, was turned into a legendary ballet by choreographer, Marius Petipa, in 1890. Bourne takes this as his starting point, setting the Christening of Aurora, the story's heroine, in the year of the ballets first performance; the height of the Fin-de-Siecle period when fairies, vampires and decadent opulence fed the gothic imagination. As Aurora grows into a young woman, we move forwards 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 haunting new scenario is a gothic tale for all ages; the traditional tale of good vs. evil and rebirth is turned upside-down, creating a supernatural love story, across the decades, that even the passage of time itself cannot hinder.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
New Adventures

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
dance theatre

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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