April - October 2019 at The Peacock Tickets for the April - October 2019 season are on public sale from Monday 1 October at 9am via www.peacocktheatre.com and 020 7863 8222 and in person at 10am. Booking opens to members from 28 September. For further information, to arrange interviews or for press tickets and images, please call the press representative listed for each production. The April - October 19 Season at The Peacock in detail: English National Ballet and English National Ballet School My First Ballet: Sleeping Beauty Tuesday 16 - Saturday 27 April Tickets: 37-10 English National Ballet and English National Ballet School present the classic fairy tale ballet, Sleeping Beauty, in this new version specially created for children aged three upwards. With a narrator to help the young audience follow the story and a shortened version of Tchaikovsky s beautiful music, My First Ballet: Sleeping Beauty is the perfect introduction to the magic of ballet. ***** A gorgeous treat for kids and parents The Daily Express Press Night: Tuesday 16 April at 7pm Press Contact: Alice Gibson on 020 7590 2932 or alice.gibson@ballet.org.uk Sisters Grimm: Mark Baldwin & Soweto Gospel Choir INALA Tuesday 30 April - Saturday 18 May Tickets: 55-18 An exhilarating fusion of South African and Western cultures culminates in an explosion of music, song and dance. After two sell-out runs at Sadler s Wells, the Grammy Award-nominated INALA makes its West End debut at The Peacock. Created to celebrate 20 years of democracy in South Africa, INALA (meaning abundance of goodwill in Zulu) blends visceral dance with intricate rhythms of Zulu tradition to deliver a powerfully uplifting live experience. **** A MASSIVE HIT Daily Telegraph Press Night: Wednesday 1 May at Press Contact: Sisters Grimm on 07724 302842 or mail@sisters-grimm.co.uk 1
Masters of Choreography Beats on Pointe Tuesday 21 May - Sunday 16 June Tickets: 55-18 After its thrilling 2018 run, the classical ballet and street dance mash up that is Beats on Pointe is back. As two opposing dance worlds clash, electric dancers go toe-to-toe in this fun-fuelled fusion of ballet and street dance. The high-energy show features dance, freestyle acts, singing, beatboxing, comedy and plenty of feel-good music covering an all-embracing mix of classical music, old school grooves and current hits. Press Night: Tuesday 21 May at Press Contact: Sarah Marcic on info@eventnegotiators.com.au London Children s Ballet Ballet Shoes Thursday 4 - Sunday 7 July Tickets: 65-14 Celebrating 25 years of fantastic productions, London Children s Ballet returns with an adaptation of a much-loved classic. Ballet Shoes is the enduring tale of the determined Fossil sisters, Pauline, Petrova and Posy, as they take to the stage in order to support their adopted family. For this special anniversary, Noel Streatfeild s 1936 novel is newly adapted by Birmingham Royal Ballet first artist and former London Children s Ballet performer, Ruth Brill. Premiere: Thursday 4 July at 7pm. Tickets available directly from London Children s Ballet on 020 8969 1555 or www.londonchildrensballet.com Press Night: Friday 5 July at 6.30pm Press Contact: Abby Fox on 020 8969 1555 or abby@londonchildrensballet.com Another Kind of Blue Flirt with Reality Tuesday 9 - Sunday 14 July Tickets: 40-18 Modern dance meets cutting-edge drone technology in an inspiring new work by Britain s Got Talent finalists, Another Kind of Blue. Flirt with Reality explores the very nature and extent of reality and how borders have become blurred in our increasingly virtual world. Dancers collide with digital matter and drones in an imaginative, gravity-defying dreamscape of fantasy and rhythm. Press Night: Tuesday 9 July at Press Contact: Rina Gill on 020 7253 0410 or rina@rgmproductions.co.uk 2
Selladoor Fame the Musical Wednesday 11 September - Saturday 19 October Tickets: 65-18 The 30 th Anniversary tour of Fame the Musical leaps onto the Peacock stage. Based on the 1980 phenomenal pop culture film, Fame the Musical is the international smash hit sensation following the lives of students at New York s High School For The Performing Arts as they navigate their way through the highs and lows, the romances and the heartbreaks and the ultimate elation of life. This much-loved classic has seen seven West End runs since opening on Broadway in 1988. Featuring the Oscar-winning title song and an outstanding cast of dancers, singers, musicians and actors, Fame the Musical will indeed live forever! Press Night: Thursday 12 September at Press Contact: Rebecca Martin on 0207 299 4313 or rebecca.martin@iamarketing.co.uk 2019 shows already on sale at The Peacock German Cornejo Tango Fire Tuesday 29 January - Saturday 16 February Tickets: 45-15 Award-winning Tango Fire returns for its seventh season. Starring a cast of extraordinary tango dancers, including German Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi, accompanied by Tango Fuego Quartet, Tango Fire showcases the history of authentic Argentine tango. One of the most stupendous and drop-dead-sexy displays of tango that you are likely to see all year Daily Telegraph Press Night: Tuesday 29 January at Press Contact: Alicia Powell on 020 7863 8112 or alicia.powell@sadlerswells.com Cirque Éloize Hotel Wednesday 20 February - Saturday 9 March Tickets: 42-15 UK PREMIERE Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Canadian contemporary circus crew Cirque Éloize opens the doors to its new show, Hotel. In an art deco grand hotel, tourists and travellers, the famous and infamous, mingle in the 1920s, the 1970s and 2040. Sneak behind closed doors to witness intimate stories, guided by a time-spinning groom and the artful maître d hôtel. With 12 acrobats and musicians, and an original score by Éloi Painchaud, Cirque Éloize shows off the company s trademark blend of circus and drama in a place that never sleeps. 3
Astounding Time Out on Saloon Press Night: Wednesday 20 February at Press Contact: Caroline Ansdell on 020 7863 8125 or caroline.ansdell@sadlerswells.com Yamato Passion Tuesday 12 - Sunday 31 March Tickets: 38-15 The Japanese taiko drummers of Yamato make their way back to London, bringing with them the Odaiko drums. These traditional drums, used in Shinto rituals, weigh over half a tonne each, requiring exceptional skill and physicality to produce each floor-shaking note. In creating Passion, the Yamato drummers have been inspired both by their daily commitment to rigorous training, and by their desire for a mutual exchange of energy with the audience, resulting in a display of impressive strength. On stage, they emit an intense passion that resonates in their pounding, high-energy and thunderous performances. Primal, exhilarating; you want to do it too The Times on Chousensha The Challengers Press Night: Tuesday 12 March at Press Contact: Charlotte Constable on 020 7863 8122 or charlotte.constable@sadlerswells.com 4
PRESS CONTACTS FOR THE SPRING / SUMMER / AUTUMN SEASON AT THE PEACOCK: Dates Show Press Contact Details Press Night 29 January - 16 February German Cornejo's Tango Fire Alicia Powell on 020 7863 8112 or alicia.powell@sadlerswells.com Tuesday 29 January at 20 February - 9 March Cirque Éloize Hotel Caroline Ansdell on 020 7863 8125 or caroline.ansdell@sadlerswells.com Wednesday 20 February at 12-31 March Yamato Passion 16-29 April English National Ballet My First Ballet: Sleeping Beauty 30 April - 18 May Sisters Grimm: Mark Baldwin & Soweto Gospel Choir INALA 21 May - 16 June Masters of Choreography Beats on Pointe 4-7 July London Children s Ballet Ballet Shoes 9-14 July Another Kind of Blue Flirt with Reality Charlotte Constable on 020 7863 8122 or charlotte.constable@sadlerswells.com Alice Gibson on 020 7590 2932 or alice.gibson@ballet.org.uk Sisters Grimm on 07724 302842 or mail@sisters-grimm.co.uk Sarah Marcic on info@eventnegotiators.com.au Abby Fox on 020 8969 1555 or abby@londonchildrensballet.com Rina Gill on 020 7253 0410 or rina@rgmproductions.co.uk Tuesday 12 March at Tuesday 16 April at 7pm Wednesday 1 May at Tuesday 21 May at Friday 5 July at 6.30pm Tuesday 9 July at 11 September - 19 October Selladoor Fame the Musical Rebecca Martin on 0207 299 4313 or rebecca.martin@iamarketing.co.uk Thursday 12 September at 5