The Royal Ballet Screening - Romeo & Juliet

Filmed 20th March 2025

Approximate runtime: 2h 50min / 170min, Two Intervals

Cast:

Juliet FUMI KANEKO Romeo VADIM MUNTAGIROV Mercutio FRANCISCO SERRANO Tybalt RYOICHI HIRANO Benvolio GIACOMO ROVERO Paris LUKAS B. BRÆNDSRØD Lord Capulet BENNET GARTSIDE Lady Capulet CHRISTINA ARESTIS Escalus, Prince of Verona HARRIS BELL Rosaline ANNETTE BUVOLI Nurse OLIVIA COWLEY Friar Laurence THOMAS WHITEHEAD Lord Montague THOMAS WHITEHEAD Lady Montague LARA TURK

Creatives:

Choreography KENNETH MACMILLAN Music SERGEY PROKOFIEV Conductor KOEN KESSELS Designer NICHOLAS GEORGIADIS Lighting Designer JOHN B. READ Staging and Artistic Supervisor to the MacMillan Estate LAURA MORERA

Synopsis: The Capulets and Montagues are sworn enemies. Yet it is love at first sight for Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet when they meet each other at the Capulet ball, into which Romeo has snuck. The two fall in love and they profess their devotion to each other at Juliet’s balcony. They secretly get married. The stakes are raised for the young couple when Romeo avenges the death of his friend Mercutio who has been killed by Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. For this, Romeo is exiled from Verona. Meanwhile, Juliet’s parents are forcing her to marry another suitor. In order to be together, Romeo and Juliet must risk it all.