Once Upon a Time at Lyric Theatre, QPAC

This fully staged performance by The Australian Ballet of one act from Stephen Baynes' Swan Lake will be narrated by one of the characters and accompanied by a trio of musicians from the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

Commissioned especially for the company's 50th anniversary, Baynes' new production of the world's most beloved ballet has everything a good Swan Lake should -- a troubled prince, an enchanted swan, a malevolent magician and doomed love. Baynes is renowned for his intense musicality and classical purity, and together with designer Hugh Colman, he's created a ballet of unprecedented magnificence.