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The Nutcracker

27 Dec 2024 – 8 Feb 2025
Twice-Born

6 – 8 Mar 2025
Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival 2025: A Streetcar Named Desire

20 – 23 Mar 2025
The Royal New Zealand Ballet with Scottish Ballet

14 – 15 Mar 2025
The Crucible

17 Apr – 24 May 2025

The Scottish Ballet online shop is now closed for the festive break. Any orders placed during this time will be despatched on Monday 6 January.

Two dancers one wearing nutcracker prince uniform and the other sugar plum fairy on pointe wearing white and pink tutu and leotard with arms raised

The Nutcracker Main Characters

Details of all the cast will be available in the printed handout we’ll have for you when you arrive at the theatre.  

 

A girl in a long white nightdress faces us, hugging a large wooden nutcracker doll. She is smiling and has her eyes shut.

Clara

Clara receives the Nutcracker doll as a Christmas present; we follow Clara on her adventures!

A person wearing a blue jacket and boots swirls the sparkly blue cape she is wearing, in front of a Christmas tree, whilst party guests in long dresses watch on.

Drosselmeyer

The mysterious magician that sends Clara and the Prince on their journey.

A dancer wearing a fitted, red military style jacket, white tights and black boots jumping with his arms overhead. Other characters are lined up behind in colourful costumes watching.

The Prince

The Nutcracker doll is turned into a Prince, who accompanies Clara on her adventures

A giant rat wearing a crown in military-style jacket leaps high, his arms and legs stretched out to the side.

King Rat

Clara battles against King Rat and wins!

A person in a white tutu is seated one shoulder of the prince. They are surrounded by other people in white tutus each with an arm outstretched, in front of a snowy Christmas tree.

The Snow Queen

We meet the Snow Queen and her Snowflake fairies in the land of ice and snow.

A person wearing a pink tutu and a tiara balances on one leg in front of a backdrop of baubles

The Sugar Plum Fairy

She dances in the land of the sweets and hosts the entertainers in Act 2

Two dancers one wearing nutcracker prince uniform and the other sugar plum fairy on pointe wearing white and pink tutu and leotard with arms raised
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