Once upon a time there was a beautiful Princess who was loved by everyone. Well… almost everyone. Cursed by a wicked fairy, she pricks her finger and falls into a deep sleep. One hundred years later, a Prince wakes her with a kiss. But the Prince isn’t as brave as he should be – and his mother’s a bit of an ogress…

Based on Perrault’s 17th-century classic, Rufus Norris’s Sleeping Beauty goes beyond the kiss into a perilous world of beastly shadows, nasty smells and a forest full of enchanted trouble. This twist on the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty’s curse is portrayed through the eyes of the fairy who curses her.

BY RUFUS NORRIS
Directed by Beth Brooks