MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE, THE ACCLAIMED DANCE PRODUCTION SET TO THE HITS OF STING TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 10, 2025
~ON BLU-RAY+4K AND TVOD VIA MERCURY STUDIOS ~
PREORDER HERE
“When I first saw Message In A Bottle, I was overwhelmed by all the different styles of dance in the show. What I really didn’t expect was to be so emotionally engaged in the story. Kate’s imaginative story and beautiful choreography has brought my songs to new life, and I am thrilled that there is now a film of the fantastic stage show.” exclaims Sting.
22 AUGUST 2025 (TORONTO, ON) – Mercury Studios and Sadler’s Wells proudly announce Message In A Bottle, the dance theatre production set to the music of 17-time Grammy Award-winning artist Sting and choreographed by Kate Prince, is to be released on Blu-ray and TVOD. Message In A Bottle is an imagined story about one displaced family, and a universal tale of survival, hope and love. A village alive with joyous celebrations is suddenly under siege. Determined and daring, three parted siblings step out on their own extraordinary adventures.
Message In A Bottle will be available on Blu-ray + 4k and TVOD on October 10, 2025 combining highly original dance with breath-taking music in this uplifting story of humanity and hope. ‘Every Breath You Take’, ‘Roxanne’, ‘Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic’ and ‘Fields of Gold’ feature in new arrangements by Alex Lacamoire, recorded by Sting and guest artists including Olivier Award-winner Beverley Knight. The show features the astonishing talents of dance storytelling powerhouse, ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company.
Stage2View, a leading independent company in the stage to screen world, teamed up with Mercury Studios and Sadler’s Wells to produce the film in a sound stage environment to maximise the unique creative opportunity. Kate Prince worked closely with BAFTA-winning screen director Marcus Viner to capture the show on six Arri-LF 4k cameras to ensure the highest possible quality film capture. In 2024, the film was released in 500 cinemas across the United Kingdom in a partnership with the Royal Ballet and Opera, marking the first cinema release for a Sadler’s Wells production.
The stage production of Message In A Bottle received its world premiere at Sadler’s Wells home in the West End, the Peacock Theatre, in February 2020. It has since toured the United Kingdom extensively in Europe, and completed a 10-stop tour of North America in Spring 2024.
Kate Prince said: “Having the opportunity to film on a sound stage gave us the ability to capture each element of the show from the best possible angle, allowing the audience to truly appreciate the agility and athleticism of the dancers and draw them fully into the story.”
Sir Alistair Spalding CBE, Sadler’s Wells Artistic Director and Chief Executive said: “It's fantastic that we can bring Message In A Bottle to more people with this exciting filmed adaptation of the stage production. The meeting of Sting's rich catalogue of music and Kate Prince’s inventive and energy-filled choreography makes it a must-see show, with an important message at its heart.”
Message In A Bottle is produced by Sadler’s Wells and Universal Music UK co-produced with Birmingham Hippodrome and The Lowry, Salford.
Listings information
Director & Choreographer Kate Prince
Music & Lyrics Sting
Music Supervisor & New Arrangements Alex Lacamoire
Music Producer & Arranger Martin Terefe
Music Co-Producer & Mixer Oskar Winberg
Set Designer Ben Stones
Video Designer Andrzej Goulding
Costume Designer Anna Fleischle
Lighting Designer Natasha Chivers
Sound Designer David McEwan
Dramaturg Lolita Chakrabarti OBE
Associate Choreographer Lukas McFarlane
Music Associate & Additional Arrangements D.J. Walde
Assistant Choreographers Tommy Franzen, Lizzie Gough
Resident Director/Choreographer Lindon Barr
Assistant to the Choreographer Amy Tomlinson
Dance Captains Nafisah Baba
FILM TEAM
Director Marcus Viner
Producer Austin Shaw
Executive Producers Eliza Lumley, Suzanne Walker, Joshua Andrews, Stuart Galbraith
Producers Desara Bosnja
Production Lighting Equipment supplied by White Light Ltd.
PRODUCERS
For Sadler’s Wells
Artistic Director & Co-Chief Executive Alistair Spalding CBE
Executive Director & Co-Chief Executive Britannia Morton
Executive Producer Suzanne Walker
For Universal Music UK
Executive Producer Eliza Lumley
Associate Producer Desara Bosnja
For ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company
Founder & Artistic Director Kate Prince
About Mercury Studios
World Class Music Content. Working with a global network of creatives and artists, Mercury Studios develop, produce, distribute and invest in award-winning content. We are filmmakers in the world of music.
Headquartered in London, with offices in LA and New York, current and recent projects include ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO directed by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald, Grammy-winning, Academy Award and BAFTA award-nominated AMERICAN SYMPHONY, directed by Matthew Heineman for the Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions/Netflix, REGGAETON: THE SOUND THAT CONQUERED THE WORLD / NBC Peacock, and IF THESE WALLS COULD SING, directed by Mary McCartney for Disney+.
Mercury Studios also produced and distributed performance capture films ANDREA BOCELLI 30TH: THE CELEBRATION, directed by Sam Wrench (Taylor Swift The Eras Tour) for global Theatrical and TV, BACK TO THE BEGINNING: OZZY’S FINAL BOW, for global Livestream and Theatrical, and QUEEN ROCK MONTREAL for IMAX and Disney+.
In 2025, Mercury Studios also hosted world premieres at the Tribeca Festival for METALLICA SAVED MY LIFE and JUST SING.
Mercury Studios represents the world’s leading catalogue of music-related content, consisting of thousands of hours of premium music-driven film and television programming.
About Sadler’s Wells
Sadler's Wells is a world-leading dance organisation. We strive to make and share dance that inspires us all. Our acclaimed year-round programme spans dance of every kind, from contemporary to flamenco, Bollywood to ballet, salsa to street dance and tango to tap.
We commission, produce and present more dance than any other organisation in the world. Since 2005, we have helped to bring more than 200 new dance works to the stage, embracing both the popular and the unknown. Our acclaimed productions tour the world. Since 2005 we’ve produced 64 new full-length works and performed to audiences of more than two million, touring to 51 countries.
Each year, over half a million people visit our London theatres. Millions more attend our touring productions nationally and internationally or explore our digital platforms, including Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage.
Sadler’s Wells East
In February 2025, we opened a fourth London venue in Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, as part of East Bank. Sadler’s Wells East is home to a 550-seat mid-scale theatre, as well as facilities for the new Rose Choreographic School and the hip hop theatre training centre, Academy Breakin’ Convention. Community is at the heart of Sadler’s Wells East. There's a large open foyer that can be used by everyone as a meeting or performance space and six state-of-the-art dance studios and world-class dance facilities for dancemakers to train, create and rehearse productions.
Supporting artists
Supporting artists is at the heart of our work. We have associate artists and companies, which nurture some of the most exciting talent working in dance today. We host the National Youth Dance Company, which draws together some of the brightest young dancers from across the country. Breakin' Convention runs professional development programmes to champion and develop the world’s best hip hop artists, as well as producing, programming and touring groundbreaking hip hop performances.
Learning and community links
Around 30,000 people take part in our learning and engagement programmes every year. We support schools local to our theatres in Islington and Stratford, designing experiences for children and young people to watch, explore and critically engage with the arts. We also run Company of Elders, a resident performance company of dancers aged over 60 who rehearse with renowned artists to make new work for public performances locally, nationally and internationally.
Sadler’s Wells is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.