The Royal Ballet 2025/26 - Prokofiev: Cinderella

Director: Frederick Ashton (coreographer)

Set designer: Tom Pye
Costume designer: Alexandra Byrne
Conductor: Jonathan Lo

Dancer: Fumi Kaneko (Cinderella) William Bracewell (The prince), Bennet Gartside, James Hay (Cinderella's stepsisters), Thomas Whittehead (Cinderella's father), Mayara Magri (Fairy godmother), Isabella Gasparini (Fairy of Spring), Mariko Sasaki (Fairy of Sommer), Meghan Grace Hinkis (Fairy of Autumn), Claire Calvert (Fairy of Winter), Daichi Ikarashi (The fool) 

Stuck at home and put to work by her spoiled Step-Sisters, Cinderella’s life is dreary and dull. Everything changes when she helps a mysterious woman out... 

With a little bit of magic, she is transported into an ethereal new world – one where fairies bring the gifts of the seasons, where pumpkins turn into carriages, and where true love awaits. 

In 1939, Frederick Ashton first began to consider creating a full-length work, the Company's first three-act ballet. At the time, it seemed like the obvious next step for British ballet. The idea was shelved during the war but in 1946, Ashton returned urgently to it. Inspired by other balletic adaptations of Cinderella coming out of Russia, Ashton chose to create his own version of Charles Perrault’s famous rags-to-riches story. Set to Prokofiev’s exquisite score, the ballet received its premiere in 1948, featuring Moira Shearer and Michael Somes in the lead roles.

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Ticket information

Tickets are available at the Cassa of the Urania National Filmtheater and in the Ticket Sale System of Interticket.

Ticket price: 4900 HUF
Discounted tickets are available at the price of 4500 for those purchasing tickets for at least theree different performances for the season at the same time.

Please note that after the start of the screening, you can only take a seat on the floor side.

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