THE TIN SOLDIER to Premiere 11 Dec in Cape Town

The fairytale of a toy tin soldier's love for a beautiful paper ballerina is the story of a brand new ballet, set to have its world premiere in Cape Town on 11 December 2013. The Tin Soldier, choreographed by Cape Town City Ballet's artistic director Robin van Wyk, guarantees perfect family entertainment during the upcoming festive season.

Based on the Hans Christian Andersen classic, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, the tells the tale of a little boy who receives a set of tin soldiers for Christmas, but one of the soldiers has a broken leg. At midnight the toys come to life and the Tin Soldier falls in love with a beautiful Ballerina, who lives in a glass castle. The evil Jack-in-the-Box kicks the Tin Soldier out of the toy room and he goes on a wonderful adventure where he meets cats, water-babies, fishermen and a flirtatious cook. The Tin Soldier is eventually returned to the little boy, who takes him to the toymaker to repair him. The Toymaker shows the little boy a magical place within the toyshop, where everything comes to life.

The Tin Soldier is performed to the exquisite music of the celebrated Russian composer Alexander Glazunov, arranged for symphony orchestra by Allan Stephenson, who will also conduct the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra at selected performances.

The role of the tin soldier will be danced by Thomas Thorne, Daniel Szybkowski, Jesse Milligan and Ivan Boonzaaier, while Laura Bosenberg, Angela Hansford, Kirstel Jensen and Elizabeth Nienaber can be seen in the part of the paper ballerina.

Presented at the Artscape Theatre Complex in Cape Town, this delightful new ballet forms part of Cape Town City Ballet's annual festive season productions, which will also include Belles and Beaux from 18 to 22 Dec, and Night & Day which will open on New Year's eve 31 Dec and runs until 11 Jan 2014.

Bookings are at Computicket or Artscape-Dial-a-Seat on 021 421 7695. Tickets R 125 - R 225. Special discount packages available for groups of 10 or when booking for more than one of the three productions.

The Tin Soldier : 11 - 24 Dec 2013 at Artscape Opera House

Wed 11 Dec @ 19h30 with CPO*

Fri 13 Dec @ 11h00 with soundtrack

Fri 13 Dec @ 19h30 with CPO

Sat 14 Dec @ 14h00 with CPO

Sat 14 Dec @ 19h30 with CPO

Sun 15 Dec @ 15h00 with CPO

Mon 23 Dec @ 19h30 with CPO

Tues 24 Dec @ 14h00 with soundtrack

*CPO = Cape Philharmonic Orchestra

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