A timeless story of forbidden love, bursting with youth, vitality and Matthew Bourne’s trademark storytelling, the production features a new orchestration of Prokofiev’s powerful and cinematic score.
Filmed live at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London, this ‘bold’ and ‘fresh’ (★★★★★ The Stage) interpretation of the Shakespeare’s classic tale stars Cordelia Braithwaite as Juliet and Paris Fitzpatrick as Romeo in a production that is being praised as ‘Bourne’s smartest, most stirring shows ever’ (★★★★★ Daily Telegraph),
The electrifying production ‘injects new life into Shakespeare’s star crossed young lovers’ (★★★★ The Observer), a powerful and contemporary Romeo and Juliet that ‘should not be missed’ (★★★★★ Daily Express).