Royal Ballet / Royal Opera House, London / March – April 2023
Royal Ballet Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella celebrated its 75th anniversary in the 22/23 Season. After over a decade away from the Royal Opera House stage, Ashton’s timeless reworking of Charles Perrault’s famous rags-to-riches story returned, showcasing the choreographer’s deft musicality and the beauty of Prokofiev’s transcendent score. A new creative team steeped in the magic of theatre, film, dance and opera brings new atmosphere to Cinderella’s ethereal world of fairy godmothers and pumpkin carriages, handsome princes and finding true love. I was called in to fill in for Finn Ross at the venue, and so alongside his and Letty Fox’s vision, we made this truly spectacular production happen.
PRESS
‘Has the wow factor you hope for’ The Stage
The Financial Times
‘A multi-sensory experience’ Bach Track
‘A story of transformation, itself transformed by images of the natural world’ The Arts Desk
CREATIVE TEAM
Frederick Ashton Choreographer
Sergey Prokofiev Music
Tom Pye Set designer
Alexandra Byrne Costume designer
David Finn Lighting designer
Finn Ross, Andrea Scott & Letty Fox Video designers
Chris Fisher Magic Consultant
Wendy Ellis Somes & Gary Avis Staging
Production Photos by Tristram Kenton
VIDEO TEAM
Finn Ross, Andrea Scott & Letty Fox Video Designers
Kira May O’Brien, Grace Arnott Hayes Animators
Gareth Shelton & Dylan Marsh Video Programming
Andrea Scott Video Design 