# Illuminations: Essential Media about the Arts > Illuminations is an independent production company that specialises in making and distributing media about the arts and performance\. 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Two decades on, Illuminations is delighted to release this landmark production on DVD with extras featuring interviews with \Deborah Warner\ and \Fiona Shaw\ and a gallery of stunning stills\. - [Matthew Bourne's Romeo \+ Juliet](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/product/matthew-bournes-romeo-juliet/): Matthew Bourne’s contemporary reimagining of Shakespeare’s classic love story, \Romeo \+ Juliet,\ is given a modern twist as society tries to break the young lovers apart\. - [Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker\! NEW](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/product/matthew-bournes-nutcracker-digital-release/): With family\-sized helpings of Matthew Bourne’s wit, pathos and magical fantasy, \Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker\!\ follows Clara’s bittersweet journey from Christmas Eve at Dr\. Dross's Orphanage, through a shimmering, ice\-skating winter wonderland, to the scrumptious candy kingdom of Sweetieland\. - [Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty NEW](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/product/matthew-bournes-sleeping-beauty-digital-release/): New Adventures' innovative dance performance of Sleeping Beauty recorded live on stage\. Set in a wondrous world of fairies and vampires, where the timeless tale of good vs evil is turned upside\-down, Bourne creates a supernatural love story that even the passage of time itself cannot hinder\. Will Princess Aurora ever find her true love again? - [Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/product/matthew-bournes-swan-lake-digital-release/): \Matthew Bourne\’s seminal reimagined \Swan Lake\ replaces the female corps\-de\-ballet with a menacing male ensemble and here, in his latest production, Bourne updates his Swan Lake for the 21st Century\. ## Productions - [Matthew Bourne's Cinderella](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/productions/cinderella/) - [Clowns](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/productions/clowns/) - [Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker\!](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/productions/matthew-bournes-nutcracker/) - [Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/productions/matthew-bournes-the-red-shoes/) - [Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/productions/swan-lake/) ## Categories - [Television](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/category/television/) - [blog](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/category/blog/) - [Performance](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/category/performance/) - [Sunday links](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/category/sunday-links/) - [Film](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/category/film/) ## Tags - [BBC](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/tag/bbc/) - [early television](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/tag/early-television/) - [Alexandra Palace](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/tag/alexandra-palace/) - [RSC](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/tag/rsc/) - [William Shakespeare](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/tag/william-shakespeare/) ## Production Type - [Performance](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/production-type/2-performance/) - [Documentaries](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/production-type/4-documentaries/) - [Music](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/production-type/3-music/) - [Visual Arts](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/production-type/1-visual-arts/) ## Product categories - [Visual Arts](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/film-shop/visual-arts/) - [theEYE](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/film-shop/visual-arts/the-eye/) - [Exhibitions and Collections](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/film-shop/visual-arts/exhibitions-and-collections/) - [Broadcast Films and Documentaries](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/film-shop/broadcast-films-documentaries/) - [Art of Faith](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/film-shop/visual-arts/art-of-faith/) ## Product tags - [art documentary](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/product-tag/art-documentary/) - [Contemporary art](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/product-tag/contemporary-art/) - [Young British Artists](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/product-tag/young-british-artists/) - [YBAs](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/product-tag/ybas/) - [sculpture](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/product-tag/sculpture/) ## Product shipping classes - [Series](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/?taxonomy=product_shipping_class&term=series) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/sitemap_index.xml)