Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (2015)

Plot Summary

Kenneth MacMillan’s passionate choreography for Romeo and Juliet shows The Royal Ballet at its dramatic finest. Sergey Prokofiev’s famously evocative score is the driver for some of the most ardent pas de deux and powerful set pieces in ballet history. The vibrant crowd scenes with magnificent designs by Nicholas Georgiadis vividly recreate the color and bustle of 16th-century Verona in this Royal Ballet classic. “Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball will hug their first Romeo and Juliet their whole lives. What a dream debut for these two youngsters…” (The Spectator) “Kenneth MacMillan was a consummate storyteller, and in Romeo and Juliet he came as close to perfection as it’s possible to get.” (Culture Whisper) “From the quarrelling townsfolk to the stately ball guests, this is a Romeo packed with life, the whole company caught up in the ballet’s unfolding tragedy.” (The Independent)

Full Cast & Characters

Steven McRae

Romeo

Sarah Lamb

Juliet

Alexander Campbell

Mercutio

Gary Avis

Tybalt

Tristan Dyer

Benvolio

Ryoichi Hirano

Paris

Christopher Saunders

Lord Capulet

Elizabeth McGorian

Lady Capulet

Bennet Gartside

Escalus, Prince of Verona

Lara Turk

Rosaline

Genesia Rosato

Nurse

Alastair Marriott

Laurence Friar

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