Royal Ballet and Opera: The Nutcracker

The Royal Ballet bring The Nutcracker to the Taliesin Arts Centre on Wednesday 2 December, as an encore recorded performance screened in the Event Cinema. It's Peter Wright's production, set to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's orchestral score, and it runs for 140 minutes.

The story is the one most of us know: young Clara is at a cosy Christmas party when she meets the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer, who gives her a nutcracker doll. From there, she's whisked away into a world where toys come alive, and the rest follows. Julia Trevelyan Oman's period designs dress the stage, so it's a production that leans into the traditional Christmas look rather than anything too modern.

Because it's a recorded performance, you're seeing the Royal Ballet's staging on a big screen rather than a live company on stage, and it's an encore screening, so it's a second run of a performance that's already been captured. It carries a BBFC PG rating, which makes it an easy one to bring the family along to if you're looking for something to do with the kids as December gets underway.

It starts at 7:15pm at the Taliesin Arts Centre in Swansea, with tickets at £15.50 full price, and £5.00 for under 26s and students.