![]() Trying to place it on top of the tree, Claire falls and bangs her head. A mysterious clock-mender arrives bearing gifts, including the Nutcracker. On present-day Christmas Eve, Claire’s parents and brother are too busy to help her find her lost toy unicorn, Charlie. Do expect guts and death clockwork, sausages and magic. ![]() Do not expect the Sugar Plum Fairy! Morris and his regular Christmas show collaborators, composer and lyricist Gwyneth Herbert and director Lee Lyford, have taken their inspiration from the original, weirdly wonderful text, rather than from the Tchaikovsky/Petipa ballet adaptation. ![]() T om Morris takes his last bow as the Bristol Old Vic’s artistic director with this glorious new musical version of ETA Hoffmann’s 1816 story of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. ![]()
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