LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES

The story begins…

Brother and sister Paul and Lise grow up together in isolation. They begin a game, the nature of which transforms as their bodies mature. Their imagined reality begins to unravel as the real world intrudes, with disastrous consequences.

After Cocteau

Jean Cocteau wrote his influential novel Les Enfants Terribles in 1929, and in 1950 director Jean-Pierre Melville adapted the novel into a film. Nearly fifty years later in 1996 Philip Glass adapted the film and novel as the final element of his Cocteau trilogy. He collaborated with choreographer Susan Marshall to create a dance-opera, in which the action is shared between dancers and singers. Now, as part of global celebrations to mark Glass’s 80th birthday, choreographer and director Javier De Frutos creates a new production for The Royal Ballet at the Barbican.

⇒Les Enfants Terribles runs at the Barbican from 27–29 January 2017. Tickets are currently sold out on the Royal Opera House website, but more tickets have been released on the Barbican website.

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