COMING to Mwldan on the November 5 and 9, the Royal Ballet’s joyful production of La Fille Mal Gardée will whisk you away into pastoral bliss with Ferdinand Hérold’s cheerful score and Osbert Lancaster’s colourful designs.
Lise, the only daughter of Widow Simone, is in love with the young farmer Colas, but her mother has far more ambitious plans for her. Simone hopes to marry her off to Alain, the son of the wealthy proprietor Thomas. Desperate to marry Colas rather than Alain, Lise contrives to outwit her mother’s plans. 65 years after its premiere, The Royal Ballet presents Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée.
This affectionate portrayal of village life combines exuberant good humour and brilliantly inventive choreography in what is undoubtedly Ashton’s love letter to the English countryside.
Tickets are priced at £18 (£17) and are available now from Mwldan’s website (24/7) or by phoning their box office between 12 – 8pm Tue – Sun 01239 621 200.
