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  • 2025
  • The Sleeping Beauty
  • Ballet

tabthesleepingbeauty25 The Sleeping Beauty The Australian Ballet Ballet The Australian Ballet The Sleeping Beauty

16 - 23 Aug 2025
Lyric Theatre
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$47 - $191 *
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2 hours 50 minutes
including two intervals, subject to change without notice

Overview

Step into a world of glorious enchantment.

The most lavish ballet of the year, The Sleeping Beauty returns to Brisbane to bewitch and entrance audiences once more.

Against Tchaikovsky’s luminous score, gilded costumes, extraordinary artistry, and dreamlike sets promise to transport you to a fairytale kingdom in a ballet for the ages.

This is ballet at its most spectacular. Don’t miss your chance to experience The Sleeping Beauty, an unforgettable masterpiece of romance and magic.

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  • The production offers a gold-class experience and the magical escape that will forever draw so many audiences to the fairytale world of ballet.
    Herald Sun
  • ... the entire house rose to its feet on opening night to applaud David McAllister’s The Sleeping Beauty, a gorgeous new production.
    Arts Hub
  • A visual feast.
    The Guardian

Credits

  • Choreography Marius Petipa
  • Production and additional choreography David McAllister
  • Dramaturge Lucas Jervies
  • Music Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Set and costume design Gabriela Tylesova
  • Lighting design Jon Buswell
  • Music Queensland Symphony Orchestra

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