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The Nutcracker by the Numbers
Nutcracker Activity Book
Download the Nutcracker Activity Book PDF for colouring pages and to learn more about the story.
Nutcracker Story Time
Designed to enhance children's experience of the ballet, Nutcracker Story Time is an engaging, interactive telling of the magical holiday story that allows children to have a better understanding of the performance they are attending.
Join us 45 minutes before every performance in the Richard Bradshaw Ampitheatre at the Four Seasons Centre for Nutcracker Story Time!
Nutcracker Story Time is sponsored by TD Bank Financial Group
Virtual Museum
The Virtual Museum is an online gallery featuring items held within the National Ballet Archives. Each exhibit surveys the history of a ballet through archival material including programmes, set and costume sketches, photographs, press items, correspondence, footwear, costumes, artifacts and more.
Visit The Nutcracker Virtual Exhibit
Casting
The Sugar Plum Fairy
Heather Ogden
(Dec 10 at 2:00 pm/ Dec 11 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 28, 30 at 5:30 pm)
Sonia Rodriguez
(Dec 10 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 14, 17, 20 at 7:00 pm)
Greta Hodgkinson
(Dec 11 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 15, 16 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 18 at 1:00 pm)
Elena Lobsanova*
(Dec 17 at 2:00 pm/ Dec 22 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 27, 29, Jan 3 at 1:00 pm)
Tina Pereira
(Dec 18, Jan 3 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 21, 23 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 28, 30 at 1:00 pm)
Stacey Shiori Minagawa
(Dec 24, 31 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 29 at 5:30 pm)
Peter/ The Nutcracker
Guillaume Côté
(Dec 10 at 2:00 pm/ Dec 11 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 28, 30 at 5:30 pm)
Piotr Stanczyk
(Dec 10 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 14, 17, 20 at 7:00 pm/Dec 24, 31 at 1:00 pm/Dec 29 at 5:30 pm)
Steven McRae+
(Dec 11 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 15 at 7:00 pm)
Aleksandar Antonijevic
(Dec 16 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 18 at 1:00 pm)
McGee Maddox*
(Dec 17 at 2:00 pm/ Dec 22 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 27, 29, Jan 3 at 1:00 pm)
Etienne Lavigne
(Dec 18, Jan 3 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 21, 23 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 28, 30 at 1:00 pm)
Snow Queen and her Icicles
Elena Lobsanova, Nan Wang, Brett van Sickle
(Dec 10 at 2:00 pm/ Dec 10 at 7:00 pm)
Stephanie Hutchison, Etienne Lavigne, Patrick Lavoie
(Dec 11 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 16 at 7:00 pm)
Elena Lobsanova, McGee Maddox, Aarik Wells
(Dec 11 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 15 at 7:00 pm)
Stacey Shiori Minagawa, Etienne Lavigne, Patrick Lavoie
(Dec 14, 17 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 27 at 1:00 pm)
Jenna Savella, Nan Wang, Brett van Sickle
(Dec 17 at 2:00 pm/ Dec 22 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 28, 30 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 29, Jan 3 at 1:00 pm)
Alexandra MacDonald*, Brendan Saye*, Ryan Booth*
(Dec 18, 24, 28, 30, 31 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 20 at 7:00 pm/ Jan 3 at 5:30 pm)
Stephanie Hutchison, Nan Wang, Brett van Sickle
(Dec 18, 29 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 21, 23 at 7:00 pm)
Baba, Marie and Misha’s Nurse
Alejandra Perez-Gomez
(Dec 10 at 2:00 pm, Dec 11 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 15, 20 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 29, 30, Jan 3 at 1:00 pm)
Lorna Geddes
(Dec 11, 18 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 16, 23 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 28, 30 at 5:30 pm)
Lise-Marie Jourdain*
(Dec 10, 14, 17, 21 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 18, Jan 3 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 24, 28, 31 at 1:00 pm)
Krista Dowson*
(Dec 17 at 2:00 pm/ Dec 22 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 27 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 29 at 5:30 pm)
Uncle Nikolai
Jonathan Renna
(Dec 10 at 2:00 pm/ Dec 11 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 18, 28, 30 at 5:30 pm)
Robert Stephen
(Dec 10, 15, 17, 20 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 11 at 5:30 pm)
Jirí Jelinek*
(Dec 14, 21 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 24, 31 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 29 at 5:30 pm)
Noah Long+
(Dec 17 at 2:00 pm / Dec 22 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 27, 29, Jan 3 at 1:00 pm)
Kevin D. Bowles
(Dec 16, 23 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 18, 28, 30 at 1:00 pm)
* Debut.
+ Guest Artist
All casting subject to change.
Save with a Holiday 4 Pack!
Holiday 4 Packs are available for all performances.
The Nutcracker
The Perfect Christmas Date
If you think The Nutcracker is just for children, think again! An evening at The National Ballet of Canada’s The Nutcracker is the perfect way to celebrate the season with someone special.
Before the show, why not enjoy a special Nutcracker-themed menu at Tundra restaurant, located in the Hilton Toronto, right behind the Four Seasons Centre.
See Tundra’s Nutcracker menu (pdf) >