Black Sabbath – The Ballet

A full-length, three-act, Ballet Now commission, Black Sabbath - The Ballet was created by a host of international talent including lead Swedish choreographer Pontus Lidburg, Cuban designer Alexandre Arrechea, Tony Award winning composer Christopher Austin with additional choreographers Raúl Reinoso and Cassi Abranches and composers Marko Nyberg and Sun Keting. Dramaturgy is by Richard Thomas and lighting design is by KJ.

The 8 Black Sabbath tracks featured are:"Paranoid" (Paranoid, 1970), "Ironman" (Paranoid, 1970), "War Pigs" (Paranoid, 1970), "Black Sabbath" (Black Sabbath, 1970), "Solitude" (Master of Reality, 1971), "Orchid" (Master of Reality, 1971), "Laguna Sunrise" (Vol 4, 1972) and "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, 1973).

The music has been re-orchestrated for the Royal Ballet Sinfonia with new compositions inspired by Black Sabbath also performed live by the orchestra and live on stage guitarist Mark Hayward reprises his role.