December 2nd, 2024 – January 26th, 2025 Sadler’s Wells, London
February 6th – 15th, 2025 Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham
February 18th – 22nd, 2025 Theatre Royal, Nottingham
February 25th – March 1st, 2025 Liverpool Empire, Liverpool
May 20th – 24th, 2025 Dublin Dance Festival, Dublin
June 18th – 29th, 2025 LG Arts Center, Seoul
August 27th – 31st, 2025 Shanghai Culture Square, Shanghai
October 9th – 26th, 2025 La Seine Musicale, Boulogne-Billancourt
October 29th – November 9th, 2025 Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam
November 19th – 22nd, 2025 Teatro Real, Madrid
November 27th – 30th, 2025 Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2 hours 20 minutes incl. one 20-minute interval
The 30th Anniversary of Bourne’s Genre-defining Work
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake returns for its 30th anniversary with a 2024/25 UK tour. This audacious reinvention of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece caused a sensation when it premiered almost 30 years ago and has since become the most successful dance theatre production of all time. In celebration of that ongoing impact, Swan Lake will take flight once more in this major revival for the next generation, visiting 19 venues over 29 weeks.
Thrilling, bold, witty and emotive, this genre-defining event is still best known for replacing the female corps-de-ballet with a menacing male ensemble, which shattered convention, turning tradition on its head.
First staged at Sadler’s Wells in London in 1995, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake took the dance theatre world by storm becoming the longest running full-length dance classic in the West End and on Broadway. It has since been performed across the globe, collecting over thirty international accolades including the Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production and three Tony Awards for Best Director of a Musical, Best Choreography and Best Costume Design.
Matthew Bourne said, “As our swans take flight once more in this major revival, I’m full of anticipation for the challenges it will bring for our next generation of dancers and the wonder that it will bring to audiences who will experience it for the very first time.”