Sugar Plum is a hybrid dance-theatre piece. The story follows Connor and Olivia, two Gr. 12 students rehearsing for their dance school’s annual production of The Nutcracker. Both dream of being cast as The Sugar Plum Fairy, but Connor gets the part and Olivia is cast as The Nutcracker Prince. The show follows them through the rehearsal period as they both reckon with the roles they’ve been given, who they are as dancers, and who they want to be as people. Their story is told by the Corps de Ballet. The Corps are the 14-year-old dancers of the past, present and future who have never fit the mold.
Performers | Sam Sutherland, Eilish Shin-Culhane, Raechele Lovell. Jordan Faye, Nicole Prefontaine, Abby Silvera
Premiere | 2025
Photos | Eden Graham
Directors | Lisa Karen Cox, Sadie Epstein-Fine
Playwright | Sadie Epstein-Fine
Choreographer | Kunal Ranchod
Rehearsal Director | Sarahi Cardenas
Music | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Teiya Kasahara, Steph Raposo
Lighting | Andre du Toit