New Adventures has announced the full tour dates and casting for the 10th anniversary production of Matthew Bourne's gothic romance, Sleeping Beauty.

The tour comes to Birmingham Hippodrome from 7-11 February 2023.

The stellar cast includes several original cast members as well as a young generation of performers new to this beloved production.

Ashley Shaw returns to the iconic role of Princess Aurora along with Katrina Lyndon making her debut in the role. Aurora’s devoted Leo will be played by Andrew Monaghan, with Stephen Murray and Rory Macleod both making their debuts in the role.

The Dark Fairy, Carabosse and her son, Caradoc feature debuts from Paris Fitzpatrick, Jackson Fisch and Ben Brown whilst the vampiric Good Fairy, Count Lilac, will also be played by Paris Fitzpatrick along with Dominic North and Christopher Thomas, all making their debuts in this role.

Completing the cast are several original cast members: Sophia Hurdley, Daisy May Kemp and Danny Reubens, along with those making their debuts in Sleeping Beauty: Benjamin Barlow Bazeley, Stephanie Billers, Isaac Peter Bowry, Kayla Collymore, Jade Copas, Cameron Flynn, Shoko Ito, Kurumi Kamayachi, James Lovell, Enrique Ngbokota and Bryony Wood.

This year, two New Adventures Emerging Artist Apprentices, Hannah Kremer, currently in her third year at Rambert, and Perreira Franque currently in his last year at Performers College, will both make their professional debuts in Sleeping Beauty.

Hannah Kremer first performed with New Adventures as part of the local cast in Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet at Sadler’s Wells in August 2019. Since then, she has taken part in Swan School and a number of other residencies within their Talent Development Programme. Perreira Franque’s first involvement with New Adventures was through a mock audition day. He then went on to take part in Swan School in 2021.

Sleeping Beauty plays at Birmingham Hippodrome from 7-11 February 2023. Tickets are available here.