The Royal Ballet: ‘Romeo & Juliet’

Choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan and first performed in 1966, The Royal Ballet’s much-loved ‘Romeo & Juliet’ returns to the Royal Opera House this February, as well as being screened in cinemas nationwide on Valentine’s Day. Prokofiev’s music is familiarly stirring, the costumes are rich in earthy tones and there’s all sorts of swaggering and swashbuckling from the rival families, but it’s the intimate drama between the central couple that makes this show soar, or not. Leads pairings for this run include real-life couple Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales and other Principal Dancer pairings Sarah Lamb and Steven McRae, and Yasmine Naghdi and Vadim Muntagirov.