The Nutcracker
By Debra Craine for The Times
What do you want your Nutcracker to be? If you want a sense of magic and fantasy then this English National Ballet offering might not be for you. But if you want easy laughs and eye-popping visuals then this Nutcracker, ensconced at the Coliseum until January 1, is just the ticket.
It’s all about Gerald Scarfe. He was responsible for “concept and design” for this 2002 staging and not surprisingly, given that he’s a famous cartoonist, he made a cartoon that moves.
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The Nutcracker
By John Percival for The Stage
This is an unusually jolly Nutcracker - designer Gerald Scarfe led the concept with Christopher Hampson as choreographer and between them they have given the characters and the plot all the wit of Scarfe’s lifetime of cartooning.
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