Sleeping Beauty

 Tuesday, 8th August 2023 at 7:00pm

 

St John's Notting Hill

152 Lansdowne Cres, London W11 2NN

 

Nearest Tub Station: Holland Park or Notting Hill Gate

(Circle, Central, District)

 

Bus: 52, 23, 94, 148

 

Performance and Rehearsal

8th August

Address: Holland Park or Notting Hill Gate 

(Circle, Central, District)

 

12:00pm: Rehearsal starts

 

* Assignment the changing rooms

There should be two rooms, can be used as the changing rooms, 

one for famale dancers and one for students

a balcony for male dancers

 

* Change into costumes and make-up, 

some professional Videographer will prepare for shooting.

 

* Familiar with the venue, 

the Director (Terrie Tai) will guide the dancers to from where to enter and exit to the performance area

 

* Rehearsal

 

* 5:30pm: The audience rehearsal

 

* 6:00pm: Break and make up

 

* 7:00pm Performance starts

 

* 7:40pm:  Interval 15 minutes

 

* 8:40pm: The end, 

 

* 9:00pm, the venue turned off the lights and the audience was asked to leave. \

 

All  pack up their belongings, help to clean the venue and leave the Church.

 

Please be quiet when you leave and don't cause complaints from neighbours.

 

 

For this performance, we will use immersive form, real scenes, a mix of theatrical play and ballet, and allowing the audience to participate.

 

 

The story begins 100 years after the princess was enchanted. The Lilac Fairy finds the prince and have at last defeated the Evil Fairy.

 

The prince's love broke the magic, the princess and everyone in the palace wake up, and the prince and princess held a grand wedding.

 

Children's parts marked in purple colour

Staff parts are marked in green

 

 

Earl Rosse enters

 

Earl

 

 Welcome! Welcome! Welcome to my castle,

I am Earl Ross Romanov

I am a true Earl. 

It's a real Earl standing in front of you

 

Here is my castle,

My grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather..

Okey, I lost count

In short, this is my family's ancestral castle.

 

In this castle,

You see? Here is a secret room, 

I've never been acess

Look at these rose vines, 

what the secrets are hidden inside?

 

Do you want to know?

I want to know as well.

But, my grandfather told my father

This is a cursed room, you must not open it

And my father told to me:

This is a cursed room, never, never open it.

 

One day, I suddenly fell asleep in the garden,

I saw a fairy,

She is a true fairy,

She is the Lilac Fairy.

She flew over from afar and said to me:

A princess fell under the spell of an evil fairy,

The king and queen, 

and everybody in the palace all are enchanted.

In this room, 

the princess has been sleeping already 100 years

 

Lilac Fairy continue said

She's about to wake up now,

but she needs something to break the magic.

I ask her. what is that?

she replied "love"

then she disappeared

and i woke up.

 

I decided to save the princess

But I don't know where to find "love"

 

Do you know where to find "love"?

Oh, you don't know either.

 

Well, I'm go to find "love" now

Earl  exits

 

Lilac Fairy enters 

 

She looks at the closed door, looks at the thorn rose outside.

 

 

Lilac fairy exits

 

Evil fairy with her attendants enter 

 

She looks around and feels everything is fine

 

 

Evil fairy with her attendants exit

 

Lilac fairy enters

 

She thinks it's time for the princess to wakes up,

and she wants going to find the prince to save the princess

 

 

Lilac fairy exits

 

Prince enters

0.00 - 2.16 Prince solo

 

Lilac fairy enters

2.16 -4.00 Lilac Fairy enter with prince pas de deux 

 

the Lilac fairy told the prince

There was a princess who was enchanted,

has been asleep for 100 years

Only the prince's love can save her

The prince decided to save the princess

 

 

Lilac Fairy and the Prince exit

 

Earl enters 

 

Earl

Did you see that?

The lilac fairy found a prince

he is a true prince

It turns out that he is "love" 

 

Hey, what is this?

(He found a card in the rose bush）

Is a poem

 

"How deep it burns

the gentle flame

of a candle

 

how deep it cuts

the thorn

on a gentle rose.

 

Life is as a candle

life is as a rose."

 

What does it mean?

Hmm, it seems like a password...

 

I see...

Come on, let we do something

we must to open this door

 

 

Staff move open set 

Earl

No, the evil fairy is coming, 

go, everybody go back to your seats quickly!

 

 

  

Evil fairy with her attendants enter  ( from balcony )

 

She saw the door was opened, she is very angry.

She looks around,

she look Princess bed,

she is laugher

she decided to guard the place herself

solo and with her attendants

 

She suddenly felt something approaching

she listened alertly, and then  solo, 

her attendants around her dance.

 

 

 0:00 - 1:42 (reference video)

1:42 - 13:20 (need choreography)

 

Interval 15 minutes

 

 

Prince and Lilac fairy enter

 

They come to the princess' room

The evil fairie and attendants are coming

The two fairies and the prince pas de trios

they fight

 

The prince run up to kiss the princess

Evil fairy holding her head, her magic has failed

 

The Evil Fairy and the attendants  exit

 

The princess wakes up and with the prince pas de deux

 

 

Trumpeters standing on the balcony blowing their horns

 trumpeters run down 

 

Everybody in the palace woke up, 

mime and dance

they yawn

king and Queen meet Prince

they thank the Lilac fairy

 

 

13. Wedding -  Mime and Dance 

 

Earl wipes his tears

 

Earl

They lived happily ever after

thank you all

Good night

 

Let's all join in this grand wedding!

 

 

The End