Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Nutcracker! is Matthew Bourne’s deliciously witty & colourful version of the most traditional of Christmas ballets with Tchaikovsky’s magical score at its heart This box of treats is crammed full of his trademark saucy humour inventiveness & a childlike sense of fun Bourne’s Nutcracker-with-a-twist still follows the theme of growing up & first love – a coming of age story told through the dreams & nightmares of a young girl Matthew Bourne is one of the UK’s most innovative & popular choreographers He has achieved world-wide success with his new versions of the classics such as the ground-breaking Swan Lake with its all-male swans Cinderella & The Car Man Last year his Play Without Words for the Royal National Theatre received two Olivier Awards He is the only British director to have won the Tony Award for Best Director & Best Choreographer of a Musical in the same year