LiveScreen at the Waterside is Aylesbury Waterside Theatre’s programme of live screenings direct from world-famous theatres. Enjoy opera, ballet and theatre from around the globe screened live into the Second Space.

Romeo and Juliet by The Royal Ballet is screened live from The Royal Opera House into Aylesbury Waterside's Second Space.

Romeo and Juliet was Kenneth MacMillan's first full-evening ballet and from its premiere in 1965 has been one of The Royal Ballet's signature works, popular all over the world. At the beginning of the ballet MacMillan's crowd scenes teem with life and colour. However, once Romeo and Juliet meet, everything else on stage can only be scenery for their story. Three great pas de deux: the meeting in the ballroom, the balcony scene and the morning after the wedding eloquently convey the narrative: adolescent shyness and fascination; the headlong rush of love declared, and the grief of parting. The final scene in the tomb, a pas de deux with a lifeless partner, is devastating. Nicholas Georgiadis's earthy Renaissance designs, with some of the original details recently restored, are the perfect backdrop to this tragic tale of ill-starred lovers.

Cast:

Romeo: Sergei Polunin
Juliet: Lauren Cuthbertson

The Royal Ballet Company

Production:

Music: Sergey Prokofiev
Conductor: Pavel Sorokin
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan

Running Time:

Act 1: 60'
Interval: 20'
Act 2: 33'
Interval: 20'
Act 3: 39'