Tickets are now on sale from the link below for the first run of performances of “The Most Incredible Thing”, a new ballet choreographed by Javier De Frutos to original music by Tennant/Lowe with orchestrations by Sven Helbig. The performances are at Sadler’s Wells, London, from Thursday, March 17th to Saturday, March 26th, 2011 (previews March 17th-21st).
Tickets are priced between £10 and £40.
Go to the Video link to see a short piece about the creation of the ballet and hear some demo music.
A double-CD of the music, produced by Pet Shop Boys and Sven Helbig, is planned for release by Parlophone in March to coincide with this run of performances. It can now be pre-ordered from Amazon.
A national and international tour of the ballet is currently being planned for late 2011/early 2012.
The Most Incredible Thing
Pet Shop Boys’ “Se a vida é (That’s the way life is)” was released as a single on this day 30 years ago. A video for the song was filmed at the Wet ‘n’ Wild theme park in Orlando, Florida, directed by photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber who also made the videos for “Being boring” and “I get along”.
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