Performer: Adam Maskell

Matthew Bourne's exhilarating, witty reimagining of the Russian classic Sleeping Beauty returns to London. Ashley Shaw makes a radiant Aurora.

You know it’s going to be different the moment the recorded music begins and words appear on the frontispiece setting the story. Among the recognised musical strains can be heard the cry of a baby, and it is this baby who revolutionises Matthew Bourne’s new vision of the iconic Russian classical ballet masterpiece Sleeping Beauty.