West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
Saturday 14 December, 2pm & 4pm (until 3pm & 5pm)
Nutcracker: A festive family fairy-tale!
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker
Performed by:
Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra
Cambridge Philharmonic Chorus
Harry Sever Conductor
Anna Tolputt Narrator
Wooden dolls that come to life! A battle with the Mouse King! A magic sleigh ride transporting you to a winter wonderland! Experience it all this Christmas in this abridged, one-hour version of a festive favourite, with live narration.
A fairy-tale for all the family, and a unique opportunity to hear a concert performance of this classic Christmas story set to music with Tchaikovsky’s irresistible charm.
” On Christmas Eve in Nuremberg, A party’s underway:
A giant, glittering, golden feast – The whole town’s on display!
But it’s chaos in the kitchen
With pots and pans piled high! The gravy’s turned to mud-brown sludge – and chef lets out a cry!
And Mrs Stahlbaum’s torn her dress, And Clara’s lost her shoe!
Fritz left his ‘special Christmas gift’ That’s blocked the downstairs loo!
Anna Tolputt
Anna is an actress and theatre director and currently a full-time member of Creation Theatre Rep company.
Outside Creation she has played roles at the National Theatre, Royal & Derngate, Derby Playhouse, Nottingham Playhouse, Production Exchange, Chipping Norton, Minack, Hampstead, Finborough, Polka and Theatre Royal Haymarket as well as
touring internationally.
Screen work includes A Small Light (Disney+), Hellraiser: Hellworld (Miramax), The Scar Crow, Two-headed Creek, Run Fat Boy Run, Confetti, Contagion Cabaret,
Emmerdale, Holby City, Moving Wallpaper, Waterloo Road, Teachers TV and From Galicia.
As a director of new writing she has worked with writers, Kit Hesketh-Harvey and Tom Morton-Smith as well as directing productions for Human Story Theatre, Chipping Norton,
Polka, Bristol School of Acting and elsewhere. She was staff director at English Touring Opera.