Hi guys! Today I have an exciting Giveaway, which you'll especially appreciate if you're into movies, opera, ballet and a bit of culture! Event & Village Cinemas and Trafalgar Releasing have announced a new cinema program that's screening exclusively in Australia: the Royal Opera House 2017/18 Live Cinema Season! It features filmed performances from London's famous Royal Opera House captured in beautiful detail. Six operas and four ballets will screen in Event and Village Cinemas across Australia, with the season ending in July 2018. I'm giving away two double passes that you can use to see any of the films in the program. Keep reading for how to enter!
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| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for The Royal Ballet ©Johan Persson Royal Opera House, 2013 |
The next few movies are Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and The Nutcracker, with Rigoletto (sounds like a type of pasta, is in fact a Verdi opera, lol) set to screen from February next year. Christopher Wheeldon's ballet, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland is inspired by the Lewis Carroll book, and features Alice getting swept off her feet by the Knave Of Hearts, on the run for stealing tarts, and lots of weird and wonderful creatures, including a tap-dancing Mad Hatter!
Wright's The Nutcracker, screening in December nationally, is a Royal Ballet in two acts. A young girl's enchanted present leads her on a wonderful Christmas adventure in this beautiful classical ballet, danced to Tchaikovsky's magnificent score. I can't wait to see this one as I've heard it's wonderful, yet have never actually witnessed it!
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| The Nutcracker, The Royal Ballet ©ROH Tristram Kenton, 2013. Image by AKA ©ROH 2016 |
The two double passes on offer are generic and can be used for any of the screenings. Other upcoming movies include Tosca, Carmen, Macbeth, Manon and Swan Lake. For session details, please go to the Event Cinemas and Village Cinemas Royal Opera House web pages.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland is set to screen on November 25, 26 and 29, with The Nutcracker screening on December 16, 17 and 20.
WIN 1 of 2 DOUBLE PASSES to the ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LIVE SEASON 2017/18!
Please enter via the Rafflecopter widget at the very bottom of this post. Note that being a Max The Unicorn email subscriber is mandatory. The rest of the entry methods are optional, but will gain you more entries in the Giveaway. You can subscribe via email on the right hand sidebar; don't forget to click the link in your email to finish the subscription process, otherwise your entry won't be valid! If you're already a subscriber, just pop your email into the Rafflecopter so I can match it up! Although not required, I'd love it if you could like the Max The Unicorn Facebook page!
Terms & Conditions
~ This giveaway is open to Australian residents only, and will close at midnight on Sunday 19/11/2017
~ There will be two winners, who will each win one double pass (can be used for any screening)
~ Tickets are valid even with No Free Tickets listings
~ The winners will be picked randomly by the Rafflecopter widget
~ The winners will be notified via email and given 48 hours to reply otherwise a new winner will be chosen.
~ Passes will be sent directly from the PR company.
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What's your favourite ballet or opera?
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Ohhhh how cool is that! I love the story of The Nutcracker so much! I've seen the live ballet, but I wouldn't hesitate to see it again haha. I haven't seen this advertised I don't think, so this is all new to me. I may just have to enter ��
ReplyDeleteFelicia //www.thebeautyandthegeekau.com
Good luck if you do! Yeah I hadn't seen it advertised either actually.
DeleteLooks like a great giveaway ♥
ReplyDeleteThanks Zee x
DeleteOh this is such an amazing giveaway! I always loved Alice and Wonderland so much! I’d love to enter but I don’t think I’d be able to use the tickets :’(
ReplyDeleteLaura || www.thelifeoflaura.com.au xx
Oh that's a shame! Thanks for reading though! xx
DeleteGood luck everyone! What a great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteBritt | http://alternativelyspeaking.ca
Thanks Britt! :)
DeleteExciting!
ReplyDeleteIt is!
DeleteBoth Alice in Wonderland and Nutcracker look amazing! I might just have to go see them. I actually saw Nutcracker on ice in London and I’d love to see the ballet. It’s such an amazing score.
ReplyDeleteEmma
That would have been an amazing experience! :)
DeleteSwan Lake is my absolute favourite ballet :)
ReplyDeleteAmy | http://www.herquarters.com/
Such a beautiful one!
DeleteWhat an amazing giveaway! I would love to see Alice's adeventures in wonderland
ReplyDeleteIt looks great doesn't it?!
Deletesuch a great giveaway! I love the Nutcraker!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ingrid!
DeleteI saw Romeo and Juliet several years ago. It was absolutely magical! I'd love to see the Nutcracker.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds wonderful, I love Romeo & Juliet :)
DeleteThis production looks AMAZING! Alice in Wonderland was one of my fave stories growing up!
ReplyDeleteRochelle || www.simplesocialsister.com
It's such a classic!
DeleteThis is such a fun giveaway.. I would love to watch this show.
ReplyDeleteThanks Maddy :)
DeleteI love the nutcracker and alice in wonderland stories :)
ReplyDeleteThey're such classics :)
DeleteI've never experienced an opera before but I'd love to see Rigoletto. I'd be happy seeing any of these! Alas there are none of these cinemas near me, but I'd love to win tickets for my rellies in Adelaide, particularly my niece and her partner who are having a baby in December(they are hard working teachers). They could do with a night out before then!
ReplyDeleteOh that would be a wonderful gift for them!
DeleteLovely giveaway! My favourite ballet is The Sleeping Beauty ♥
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the fantastic prize!!
DeleteYou're welcome!
DeleteI loved seeing Romeo and Juliet.
ReplyDeleteI've only seen the one with Leo and Kate, haha.
DeleteSounds amazing! I've never been to the Ballet before!
ReplyDeleteTasha // shiwashiful.
I reckon it would be so much fun!
DeleteI'm so desperate to see this. Great competition.
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
DeleteGreat giveaway ;)
ReplyDeleteRomeo and Juliet this is a ballet that is truly too beautiful to be talked about, but must be seen and heard to be fully understood and loved. The movement, the music, the colors, just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSo romantic and tragic.
DeleteDon Giovanni the Opera tops my list - in addition to the romance and tragedy of most operas it includes a hefty dose of humour. Mozart moves beyond entertainment and asks some very profound questions - the opera is a debate in music - brilliant
DeleteSwan Lake but I would like to see The Nutcracker some day.
ReplyDeleteSwan Lake, Thanks so much for the giveaway :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for entering and good luck :)
DeleteAwesome blog and great giveaway :)
ReplyDeleteI am a huge Alice in wonderland fan. So quirky and fun!
Thanks Christina! Good Luck! :)
DeleteI've only recently got into the Ballets with my Girlfriend.
ReplyDeleteWe've been watching a few Russian ones on Youtube. They're amazing.
sounds like a great place to start! Thanks for entering :)
DeleteI love love loved seeing Wicked. Such a good adaption
ReplyDeleteI would have loved to see that!
DeletePhantom of the opera...loved it when I saw it 20 years ago
ReplyDeleteI loved that one too!
DeleteMy wife and I had a season pass to the ballet a couple of years ago, and I really enjoyed all of them. Giselle was wonderful, and even the more modern 20:21 was great.
ReplyDeleteOh that would have been wonderful!
DeleteTosca. Pure Drama!
ReplyDeleteGood Luck!
DeleteThe Marriage of Figaro - my partner and I love it... the feeling's 'Nuptial'!
ReplyDeleteRoberto Colombi
Haha! Good Luck :)
DeleteUgh - it's at times like these that I wish I lived in Australia! xx The Nutcracker is amazing - I wish everyone good luck and hope that the winner has a fabulous time! Great opportunity Di! xx
ReplyDeleteMarina xx
https://marinawriteslife.blogspot.fr/
Thanks so much for your kind words Marina! xx
DeleteNot the Nutcracker! I've not been to the ballet much but I've seen it a gazillion times. My niece was a dancer and went to a full time ballet school and she and her mum used to go and watch the Australian Ballet 3-4 times every time they came to Brisbane. My niece was also in a Youth Ballet in Brisbane.
ReplyDeleteSadly I can't enter as I live in regional Qld and we don't have an Event / Village cinema here in Hervey Bay... we have some local version I think but they often bring footage of operas and ballets to a theatre in nearby Maryborough which is great for people who can't get to larger centres to see them! #teamlovinlife
Sounds like you're pretty sick of the Nutcracker haha!
DeleteSwan Lake
ReplyDeleteThat one is beautiful
DeleteAdored the "Alice" book in 'kiddyhood', loved the 'Alice' magical movies... so Yes please for the Alice Ballet tix. My favourite ballet to date is Coppélia - The Girl With The Enamel Eyes.... an amazing doll. It is a comic ballet I saw live and I love happy endings.
ReplyDeleteThat one sounds really interesting!
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