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Operated by The Society of London Theatre
The Dream / Song Of The Earth
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonThe Dream / Song Of The Earth is a double bill bringing together work by Frederick Ashton and Kenneth MacMillan.
Ashton’s one-act rendering of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream brings out the contrasts of mortal and fairy worlds as a disagreement between Oberon and Titania (the fairy king and queen) escalates to comic confusion. Mendelssohn’s music is a perfect partner to the ballet’s shifting moods, with witty invention and virtuoso dance that culminates in a powerful pas de deux for Oberon and Titania.
In Song Of The Earth, the contemplative and poetic interpretation of Mahler’s song-cycle shows MacMillan in profound mood. In it, the transience of life is illuminated, especially through the moving interactions of the Man, the Woman and the enigmatic Messenger of Death.
Cast & CreativesEXPAND
cast: Dram: Roberta Marquez, Alina Cojocaru, Steven McRae, Sergei Polunin. Song: Tamara Rojo, Marianela Nuñez, Leanne Benjamin, Nehemiah Kish, Valeri Hristov, Rupert Pennefather, Carlos Acosta, Edward Watson.
music by: Dream: Mendelssohn. Song: Mahler.
designer: Dream: David Walker. Song: Nicholas Georgiadis.
choreographer: Dream: Frederick Ashton. Song: Kenneth MacMillan.
conductor: Barry Wordsworth
lighting designer: John B Read
Ticket Prices:
£4-£83
About the show
- Genre: Dance
- Show Times: 1, 6, 8, 9 Feb & 5 Mar 19:30, 2 Feb 12:30
- Duration: 2h30
- opening night:
- Box Office:
020 7304 4000 - Visit the Show Website
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Venue InformationHIDE
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2E 9DD
- Nearest tube: Covent Garden (120m) Leicester Square (approx. 500m)
- Nearest bus: 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 26, 68, 76, 77a, 91, 168, 171, 176, 188, 501(southbound only), 505, 521, X68 all go to the Aldwych.
- Parking: NCP at Drury Lane and Shelton Street. 4 spaces for blue badge holders on Floral Street and 3 on Bow Street. Taxi lay-by outside theatre on Bow Street or taxi rank at Covent Garden Piazza end of Russell Street.
- Air conditioned: 1
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Venue Access InformationEXPAND
- How to book: Tel: 020 7304 4000 Fax: 020 7212 9460 Minicom: 020 7212 9228
- Telephones: Accessible cash telephone by the lifts and in amphitheatre lobby.
- Discounts: Half price tickets available for all disabled theatregoers and their companions provided you are on the access list – to join please call the above numbers.
- Limited mobility: Aisle seats and boxes have the best leg room.
- Access description: Fixed ramps at Bow Street (push button to open doors) and Piazza entrances. Box Office and Information point (with lowered service counters) to right of Bow Street entrance. 5 lifts (Braille buttons and voice announcements) to all levels, beyond the Box Office and cloakroom. There are 27 steps down to the Linbury Studio reachable via a slight ramp. In main auditorium, 15 steps up from ground level to the Stalls Circle. Then 15 steps up to Grand Tier, 21 to Balcony, further 15 to Lower Slips, 30 to Amphitheatre and 56 to Upper Amphitheatre. 1 step between each row in Stalls Circle and Grand Tier and Balcony, 3 in Amphitheatre (fairly steep). All staircases have handrails and some steps are highlighted. Escalator from Floral Hall to Amphitheatre.
- Hearing impaired: Infrared system with 20 headsets. Collect headsets from FOH Duty Manager’s Desk in main foyer. Surtitles for all opera productions.
- Guide dogs policy: Guide dogs allowed into auditorium and staff available to dog-sit if required.
- Wheelchairs: Spaces for wheelchair users at Stalls Circle (6 spaces), Grand Tier (4 spaces), Balcony (6 spaces), Upper Amphitheatre (3 spaces). Express lift too small for motorised wheelchairs/scooters, but other lifts are fine. Wheelchair and scooter transfer seating available, wheelchairs/scooters stored in cloakroom.
- Toilets: Men’s and women’s at Stalls Circle and Amphitheatre levels and in Vilar Floral Hall.
- Disabled toilets: Adapted toilets by lifts at all levels. Non-adapted toilets have some cubicles with wider doors and hand rails (marked on door).
- Bars: Lift to Amphitheatre bar and restaurant, and Floral Hall and Terrace cafes (low counters, moveable seats and tables).