A NEW Royal Ballet production will be screened in Cardigan later this month.

Theatr Mwldan – on Bath House Road, Cardigan – will be screening a performance of Like Water for Chocolate on Thursday, January 19.

The production is the brainchild of Royal Ballet’s artistic associate Christopher Wheeldon – a former student of the Royal Ballet School and who has been in the role since 2012 - who worked with composer Joby Talbot and designer Bob Crowley.

The trio were the creative team behind the company’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter’s Tale.

It is a co-production with American Ballet Theatre and Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra worked as musical consultant for the score.

They have taken the story of Like Water for Chocolate from a novel of the same name by Laura Esquivel.

The story is a modern Mexican classic of magic realism in which the central character’s emotions spill out through cooking to influence everyone around her in startling and dramatic ways.

Ms Esquivel worked closely with Mr Wheeldon to reshape her richly layered story into an entertaining and engrossing ballet.

In early previews, the production has been well-rated, with Culture Whisper saying: “You have to give it to Christopher Wheeldon: if anybody can turn a complex novel crammed full of the improbabilities of Latin-American magical realism into a fluid, clear and cohesive dance narrative, this choreographer can.”

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Royal Ballet was founded by Dame Ninette de Valois in 1931 as the Vic Wells Ballet and throughout the Second World War performed for Allied troops. They moved to the Royal Opera House in February 1946, premiering a full-length production of Sleeping Beauty to reopen Covent Garden as a lyric theatre.

In 1956, the company was granted the name The Royal Ballet by Royal Charter, marking the 25ht anniversary of the company.

Royal Ballet’s Like Water for Chocolate will be shown at Theatr Mwldan on Thursday, January 19 at 7.15pm. Tickets cost £17 for adults and £16 for concessions and can be purchased at www.mwldan.co.uk or by calling the box office on 01239 621 200 between 12-8pm Tuesday to Sunday.