Peter Farmer obituary

Designer whose stagings of classic ballet created an atmosphere of delicate enchantmentBy the time he came to design an elegantly Edwardian Nutcracker for English National Ballet in 2010, Peter Farmer had refined his guiding principle for the cherished holiday classic. “It’s about recreating a memory of Christmas you never had but wish you did,” he said. “The presents, the tree, the family party. A longed-for past.”An imaginary past, a delicate enchantment, a wistfu