By Louise
Link: https://www.brb.org.uk/whats-on/event/the-nutcracker-at-the-rep-online#dates-and-times
Available until: 24th December,
11.59pm.
The Birmingham Royal Ballet’s
production of The Nutcracker is really beautiful. It follows the story I
know, but it makes many dramatic decisions which I wasn’t expecting but which
work really well.
First of all Clara is centre stage as
the main female character. This seems right as it is more her story than the Sugar
Plum Fairy’s. The rivalry between the Nutcracker and the Rat King becomes a
running theme which gives the story more continuity. When Clara is given the
Nutcracker doll, Fritz is given a Rat King doll. The two toys have a play fight
as one of Clara and Fritz’s games. That sets the scene for the fight later and
it’s possible that isn’t the last we see of the Rat King.
