This joyous, feel-good musical is one nostalgia-filled trip you will never forget.
A first-look image has been released for the National Theatre’s Romeo & Juliet, a feature film for broadcast on Sky Arts and PBS this April.
On World Theatre Day March 27th, Rise Up With Arts brings you exclusive performances and interviews, from stars you know and love from stage and screen.
The Royal Opera House is proud to continue its #OurHouseToYourHouse programme with Tony and the Young Artists, a celebration of music and song on Friday 19 February at 7pm GMT and their next Friday Premiere, The Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty on Friday 26 February at 7pm GMT.
What better way to celebrate the festive period than with this much-loved production, streamed into homes around the world for the first time.
English National Ballet has been performing a version of Nutcracker every year since 1950. In 2020, the tradition lives on. With this special production, let the dancers and musicians take you on a whirlwind tour of the classic ballet’s most popular moments, with Tchaikovsky’s famous score played live.
This Christmas, come together with your household or with friends and family online to take part in the music and merriment of this uplifting story, joyously adapted by Jack Thorne.
Join Dick Whittington and friends on an adventure to save the true spirit of London as pantomime comes to the National Theatre for one year only.
Starring TV comedy legend and West End star Brian Conley as Scrooge, Jacqueline Jossa and TV personality and pop star Matt Willis, Dickens' classic festive fable comes to life with a sparkling Broadway score, a symphonic 24 piece orchestra and an all-star West End cast.
You can enjoy PETRICHOR in person at Stratford East in their socially-distanced space or online from the comfort of your own home.
Les Misérables broke box office records and sold out its entire 16 week season when it ran last year at the Gielgud Theatre.
Mr Stink, and the whole cast, bring plenty of festive cheer - with some singing and dancing - guaranteed to lift our hearts this Christmas
The National Theatre Live broadcast of WAR HORSE, the unforgettable Olivier and Tony Award®-winning theatrical event based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel, will return to cinemas around the UK and Ireland for the first time since its original live broadcast in 2014.
Ben and Gus have a job to do. But as they await instructions in a derelict building, they start to receive strange messages via a dumb waiter...
From a private booth, you’ll be drawn in close to this tale of orphaned brothers and their desperate odyssey across Europe, the action unfolding in an exquisite world of miniatures moving before you.
A digital residency with the Australian Chamber Orchestra comprising three days of curated concerts, podcasts, photography, videos and conversations taking place 1–3 December 2020.
Death of England: Delroy by Clint Dyer and Roy Williams and directed by Dyer, explores what it is like to be a Black working-class man searching for truth and confronting his relationship with Great Britain. The role of Delroy is performed by Michael Balogun.
The 2019 hit production has been amplified for Sadler’s Wells stage this Christmas
The Cinema On Demand programme will also present an expanded online programme of exclusive international films and live ScreenTalks from four visiting film festivals.
The National Theatre has announced it is creating a new filmed version of Romeo & Juliet for television, temporarily transforming the vast stage spaces of its Lyttelton theatre into a film studio to capture Shakespeare’s timeless play for a new generation of audiences.
Celebrate magic, nature and the joy of storytelling at the Globes half term events for families.
Crinkle-cut comedy trio Hot Crisps are back!
After a hiatus which was suspiciously as long as the negotiations in Brussels, the best friends (and Jake) will be performing a hilarious hour of their biggest hits for the last time ever at the Etcetera Theatre in May.
L-R: 1. Within the Golden Hour. Luca Acri and Marcelino Sambé. ©ROH, 2016. Photographed by Bill Cooper 2. La forza del destino at Dutch National Opera. © Dutch National Opera. Photographed by Monika Rittershaus. 3. Billy Budd at Opera di Roma. © Opera di Roma. Photographed by Yasuko Kageyama.
La forza del destino, selected dates to Monday 22 April 2019
Christof Loy directs a star-studded cast of singers, including Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier, in Verdi's epic opera, conducted by Antonio Pappano.
https://www.roh.org.uk/productions/la-forza-del-destino-by-christof-loy-
Images available here: https://we.tl/t-60keOi8O4w
Romeo and Juliet, selected dates to Tuesday 11 June 2019
Kenneth MacMillan’s acclaimed production returns to the Royal Opera House, with music by Sergey Prokofiev and a number of exciting debuts from across The Royal Ballet. Also available in cinemas and free around the UK on the BP Big Screens on Tuesday 11 June, with an encore cinema screening on Sunday 15 June.
https://www.roh.org.uk/productions/romeo-and-juliet-by-kenneth-macmillan
Images available here: https://we.tl/t-UG1v4c10xF
Faust, Thursday 11 April – Monday 6 May 2019
Gounod's most popular opera returns in David McVicar's stunning Parisian production, with singers including Michael Fabiano, Diana Damrau and Erwin Schrott. Also available in cinemas on Tuesday 30 April with an encore screening on Sunday 5 May.
https://www.roh.org.uk/productions/faust-by-david-mcvicar
Images available here: https://we.tl/t-C3siX9Rpw1
Billy Budd, Tuesday 23 April – Friday 10 May 2019
Deborah Warner stages the first production of Britten's all-male opera at Covent Garden for nearly two decades, with Jacques Imbrailo, Toby Spence and Brindley Sherratt in the lead roles.
https://www.roh.org.uk/productions/billy-budd-by-deborah-warner
Images available here: https://we.tl/t-9IVpC9UJSY
Within the Golden Hour/ Medusa / Flight Pattern
A contemporary triple bill showcases revivals of works by Christopher Wheeldon and Crystal Pite, alongside the world premiere of Medusa by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
Images available here: https://we.tl/t-rdmSsTTbFl
L-R: 1. SS Mendi Dancing The Death Drill. Isango Ensemble. Credit - The Other Richard 2. A Man of Good Hope at The Young Vic 2016. © The Young Vic. Photographed by Keith Pattison. Photographed by Andrej Uspenski. 3. Juliet and Romeo by Lost Dog. Photographed by Jane Hobson.
Juliet and Romeo, Saturday 13 April – Sunday 14 April 2019
Through dance, theatre and comedy, innovative theatre company Lost Dog tell the story of Shakespeare’s young lovers – if they hadn’t died in a tragic misunderstanding but lived not-so-happily ever after.
https://www.roh.org.uk/productions/juliet-and-romeo-by-ben-duke
Images available here: https://we.tl/t-q7kSy5uCh7
A Man of Good Hope, Tuesday 16 April – Saturday 4 May 2019
The true story of a young refugee’s journey through Africa told through music, singing and dance, based on the book by Jonny Steinberg. Performed by Isango Ensemble.
https://www.roh.org.uk/productions/a-man-of-good-hope-by-mark-dornford-may
Images available here: https://we.tl/t-CxNODe0hOR
SS Mendi: Dancing the Drill of Death, Thursday 18 April – Saturday 4 May 2019
Award-winning South African lyric theatre company Isango Ensemble re-tell the story of a real-life, tragic maritime disaster, based on the book by Fred Khumalo.
https://www.roh.org.uk/productions/ss-mendi-dancing-the-death-drill-by-mark-dornford-may
Friday Rush
Friday Rush is a great way to get last-minute tickets for the Royal Opera House at a range of prices - even for sold-out shows. At 1pm every Friday, 49 Friday Rush tickets for almost all main stage shows performed by The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet in the following week are available to purchase online: https://www.roh.org.uk/events/friday-rush
Everybody had told Barney not to play too near the edge of the chalk pit. But today was one of those grey days when there was nothing to do, nothing to play, and nowhere to go. Except to the chalk pit. The dump!
Golden Globe and Olivier Award winner Tom Hiddleston stars in the Jamie Lloyd Company’s revival of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, opening at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre for a strictly limited 12 week season from 5 March 2019.
A dazzling array of voices and perspectives combine to form monolog 2, our new selection of fresh writing from within the Chickenshed community.
In the frozen Arctic wastelands, an expeditionary team of scientists becomes trapped. Tensions rise and relationships crumble; and then something appears, out of the ice.
David Suchet delivers a comic tour de force as a silver-tongued 89 year old furniture dealer in Arthur Miller's 'masterpiece' (Daily Telegraph), THE PRICE.
Following 2017’s rip-roaringly successful adaptation of The Midnight Gang, Chickenshed proudly presents a brand new adaptation of David Walliams’ acclaimed book, Mr Stink.
Hackney Empire, in co-production with London Musical Theatre Orchestra, presents a special concert version for two performances only by kind permission of Nick Fiveash. This year marks 50 years since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr and 30 years since the first performance of the late Martin Smith’s acclaimed musical KING.
