Ruth Leon recommends… The Lost Happy Endings – balletLORENT

The Lost Happy Endings – balletLORENT 

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What happens when the fairy tale Happy Endings are stolen? Deep in the forest lives Jub, a magical girl with six fingers on each hand. Her job is to guard the Happy Endings to stories and fairy tales. But one day an otherworldly Witch steals them, and at bedtime, the stories are destroyed.

Written by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy,  and narrated by Joanna Lumley, this is a film adaptation of The Lost Happy Endings, directed for the screen by Vilte Bacliunaite and Ben Crompton at Newcastle Theatre Royal.
 
This is a fairy tale fantasy ballet for children. It’s packed with spirit, adventure and surprises, and features everyone’s favourite fairy tale characters (Snow White; Pinocchio; Goldilocks; Cinderella and more), and is suitable for family viewing for all ages.

Original score composed and performed by Murray Gold (Doctor Who) with set design by Neil Murray, costume design by Nasir Mazhar. It was directed for the stage by balletLORENT’s Artistic Director Liv Lorent.

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