When and where Wednesday, 12 November 2025 Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch Principal CastNutcracker Doll / PrinceLaurynas VėjalisSugar Plum FairyMayu TanigaitoAuntie DrosselmeyerAna Gallardo LobainaKoroTaiaroa Royal * Mrs StahlbaumOlivia PlattMr StahlbaumJoshua Guillemot-RodgersonFritzGeorge Sutherland ^ Mouse KingLuke CooperStorm MasterKihiro KusukamiPohutukawa FlowerThe PartyParents Clara's Friends Fritz's Friends Finn Morgan ^ Charlotte Xiao ^ Violet Routledge ^ Sara Toth ^ Mia Chen ^ Evelyn Strawbridge ^ Birds KereruThe BattleFerrets Stoats Possums Soldiers The Land of the SnowSnowflakes Lyn Lin † Charlotte Willis † Breyah Takitimu ‡ The Land of the SweetsChocolate Fish Hokey Pokey Lolly Slice Pavlova Flowers KōwhaiKōwhaiLyn Lin † KōwhaiRuby RyburnKōwhaiCharlotte Willis † MānukaRose XuMānukaGretchen SteimleMānukaBreyah Takitimu ‡ MānukaJemima ScottChristchurch Symphony Orchestra  ConcertmasterJustine Cormack Assistant CVoncertmasterSarah McCracken First ViolinsJonathan Tanner Andrew Maddick Natalia Lomeiko Amandine Combes-Guerin Claire Shatford Jennie Goldstein Second ViolinsArna Morton | Principal Milana Kornienko | Associate Principal Laura Barton Stephanie Buzzard Iryna Ionenko | Principal Emeritus Bistra Dimitrova ViolasSerenity Thurlow | Principal Sharon Baylis | Associate Principal Philippa Lodge Pippa Mills CellosNaomi Hnat | Principal Sophie Tanner | Associate Principal Tomas Hurnik Joanna Park Double BassesAnnabella Zilber | Principal Ross Radford | Associate Principal Toni St Clair FlutesHye-Won Suh | Principal Margo Askin | Associate Principal Rebecca Robinson OboesAshleigh Mowbray | Principal Louise Cox | Associate Principal Rowena Bell ClarinetsDavid McGregor | Principal Jonathan Prior | Associate Principal John Robinson BassoonsSelena Prior | Principal Gabriel Baird | Associate Principal HornsEmma Eden | Principal Jessica Piva | Associate Principal Bernard Shapiro Antonio Dimitrov TrumpetsThomas Eves | Principal Slade Hocking | Associate Principal TrombonesKarl Margevka | Principal Christopher Petch | Associate Principal Bass TrombonePablo Ruiz-Henao | Principal TubaNigel Seaton | Principal TimpaniMark La Roche | Principal PercussionBrett Painter | Principal Roanna Funcke | Associate Principal HarpHelen Webby | Principal CelesteNoelle Dannenbring | RNZB Company Pianist Performance ScheduleApproximately 1 hour and 40 minutes including one 20 minute interval.
A 15 minute lockout period applies to each act of the performance.
Smoke, haze and lighting effects will be used during this performance. |