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A midsummer ice dream
What would it be like if the world was covered in ice and we skated around without car troubles or traffic jams? Well, until climate change takes inspiration from Michael Bay, we'll have to leave that question to our imaginations. And nowhere is it more wonderfully imagined than in The Nutcracker On Ice, showing at the Artscape, Cape Town until 12 February, 2012, after playing to sold-out audiences in Joburg last year.
Christmas story you can love, even in January
BASED on Alexandre Dumas père’s rewriting of ETA Hoffmann’s tale The Nutcracker and The King of Mice, The Nutcracker ballet has been popular Christmas fare since first presented in St Petersburg in 1892.
Review
Pieter Toerien has done it again. He has brought the Imperial Ice Stars to The Artscape Opera House and it is a show that will sell out and get standing ovations, like the one from last night, regularly.
Fresh spin on magical ‘Nutcracker’
“IT’S NOT just a great ice show, but it’s a great ice dance,” says Tony Mercer, artistic director of The Nutcracker on Ice, which opens at Artscape tomorrow. “What catches people by surprise is the speed and grace – you can have the two together. We have snow in there, we have rain and some lovely flying effects and aerial acrobatics.”
Majestic achievement
The Imperial Ice Stars are simultaneously inspiring and a little terrifying.
Upcoming show dates
- 17-29th April, Barcelona, Spain
- 2-6th May, Gran Canaria, Spain
- 10 -13th May, Tenerife, Spain
- 18-20 May, Royal Albert Hall, London
- 6-10 June, Capital Theatre, Sydney, Australia
- 13-17 June, Theatre Center, Canberra, Australia
- 20-24 June, Lyric Theatre QPAC, Brisbane, Australia
- 3-8 July, The Edge, Auckland, New Zealand
- 11-15 July, St James Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand
- 19-22 July, Festival Centre, Adelaide, Australia
- 25-29 July, Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia
- 2-12 August, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Australia