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Review: Peter and the Wolf & Faeries at Royal Ballet/Blind Summit Theatre Royal Opera House
WHILE there may a limited choice of Nutcrackers this year there is no shortage of high-calibre family shows and at Covent Garden one is spoilt for choice.
On the main stage, preceding Tales of Beatrix Potter (which I will review next week) is Matthew Hart’s lively production of Peter and the Wolf, which alternates with Les Patineurs.
Gaudily costumed and superbly danced by students of the Royal Ballet School, this suffers slightly from minimalist ‘modern’ staging – a giant tree stump covered in graffiti – and lack of an onstage orchestra which might liven up the visuals.
No problems with the work itself, however, or the execution which is exemplary. The two adults – Grandfather/Narrator (Will Kemp) and Wolf (Sergei Polunin) strut their stuff magnificently- Kemp is Jackanory camp and Polunin leaps and twists and stalks as a really menacing Wolf.
Verdict: 4/5