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The Christopher Wheeldon Collection is a dazzling showcase of the theatrical imagination of The Royal Ballet's Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon. With a stellar creative team, including designer Bob Crowley and composer Joby Talbot, he brings to life three celebrated works of fiction that pop as vividly on the screen in this collection as they did on stage for audiences watching live in the theatre.
Lewis Carroll’s ever-popular story provides the basis for Wheeldon’s spectacular production of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland that has delighted audiences all around the world since the ballet's premiere in 2011. In The Winter's Tale, created in 2013, Wheeldon reimagines Shakespeare's enduring story of jealousy, compassion and forgiveness, effortlessly capturing the work's profound emotional trajectory. For his most recent ballet in 2022, Wheeldon took inspiration from Laura Esquivel's Mexican classic Like Water for Chocolate, where the protagonist Tita’s emotions spill out through cooking to influence everyone around her in startling and dramatic ways. These three compelling ballets, conjuring up worlds by turns whimsical and dramatic, are not to be missed.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice – Lauren Cuthbertson
Jack/The Knave of Hearts – Federico Bonelli
Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit – James Hay
Mother/The Queen of Hearts – Laura Morera
Father/The King of Hearts – Christopher Saunders
Magician/The Mad Hatter – Steven McRae
Rajah/The Caterpillar – Fernando Montano
The Duchess – Gary Avis
Vicar/The March Hare – Paul Kay
Verger/The Dormouse – Romany Pajdak
The Winter’s Tale
Leontes – Edward Watson
Hermione – Lauren Cuthbertson
Perdita – Sarah Lamb
Paulina – Zenaida Yanowsky
Antigonus – Bennet Gartside
Mamillus – Joe Parker
Steward – Thomas Whitehead
Father Shepherd – Gary Avis
Brother Clown – Valentino Zucchetti
Young Shepherdess – Beatriz Stix-Brunell
Like Water for Chocolate
Tita – Francesca Hayward
Pedro – Marcelino Sambé
Mama Elena – Laura Morera
Rosaura – Mayara Magri
Gertrudis – Meaghan Grace Hinkis
Dr John Brown – Matthew Ball
Nacha – Christina Arestis
Juan Alejandrez – Benjamin Ella
Don Pasqual – Gary Avis
Chencha – Isabella Gasparini
Extra Features: Introductions to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Like Water for Chocolate, Wheeldon’s tap-dancing Hatter, Bob Crowley talks about the costumes (Alice), From Page to Stage: Dancing The Winter’s Tale, Perdita – The Lost Jewel, The Music of The Winter’s Tale, Creating Like Water for Chocolate, Trailer and Like Water for Chocolate in pictures, Cast Galleries for The Winter’s Tale and Like Water for Chocolate
Running Time: 403 min (total); 364 min (main works only)
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, JP, KO (Like Water for Chocolate - extra features)
Audio: LPCM & DTS Master Audio 5.1 (The Winter's Tale); LPCM 2.0 & DTS Digital Surround 5.1 (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Like Water for Chocolate)
Regions: All regions
