At the Festival Theatre Victoria -Northern Ballet
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of Britain’s most iconic monarchs – indeed, one whom one had one’s name given to an ‘Age’ Northern Ballet has announced it is to première Victoria a ballet by Cathy Marston in Spring 2019.
Playing at The Festival Theatre from 10 – 13 April 2019. Tickets go on general sale from 4 June 2018.
Victoria tells the astounding life story of Queen Victoria through the eyes of her youngest child and lifelong companion Beatrice.
Travelling back in time from Victoria’s death bed, Beatrice relives her memories of her mother as a secluded widow before discovering her anew as she transcribes the Queen’s intimate diaries. From the accession of the teenage princess Victoria, Beatrice uncovers her mother’s challenging relationship with her own mother; the truth about her passionate marriage to Prince Albert; and her ambiguous relationship with John Brown; as well as key events of her reign from the Opium Wars to the Great Exhibition.
Wife, mother, lover, Empress; Victoria presents the various, often conflicting faces of this emblematic monarch, and shows how an act of daughterly devotion became one of history’s most notorious revisions.
David Nixon OBE, Artistic Director of Northern Ballet, said: ‘Queen Victoria is arguably one of the most iconic women of all time. The legacy of her extraordinary reign extends into the current day and we are privileged to be able to tell her story in dance.’