Imperial Classical Ballet brings The Nutcracker to Vaillant Live, with Tchaikovsky's score played by a full live orchestra.
Imperial Classical Ballet bring The Nutcracker to Vaillant Live on Saturday 7 November, their latest UK date after several sold-out tours. It's a production set to Tchaikovsky's score, performed by a full live orchestra rather than a recording, which is always a different experience when you're in the room with it. The story follows Clara and her Nutcracker Prince as they waltz through a world of shimmering snowflakes and enchanting toys, a tale that's held up as a family favourite year after year.
There's a fair bit of scale behind the name. The company behind the Imperial Classical Ballet brand stages more than 200 classical shows a year and has toured the big ones — Swan Lake, Giselle, Romeo & Juliet, Sleeping Beauty and Don Quixote — alongside operas like Carmen, La Traviata and La Bohème. In the last decade alone, they've toured the UK more than thirty times and performed on more than 1,250 occasions across over 100 regional theatres, drawing more than 500,000 attendees. The Nutcracker is just one of the classics they keep on the road.
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It's a Saturday night, so it works as a family outing or a proper night out in the city. The show starts at 7:30pm, with doors open from 6:30pm, giving you plenty of time to get in and settled before the curtain goes up. You'll find it at Vaillant Live, 2 Colyear Street, Derby DE1 1LA.
