50 Year Celebration of Nureyev's Ballet

Originally created in celebration of the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Rudolf Nureyev's ballet production of Romeo and Juliet completely captivated London audiences when it premiered on the London Coliseum stage in 1977. The work remains one of the most heartrendingly beautiful adaptations of Shakespeare's classic to have been made and, half-a-century later, the English National Ballet perform the work at that same prestigious venue.

Nureyev's choreography of the bard's classic, set to Prokofiev's music, is seen to be the most faithful ballet adaptation out there to Shakespeare's original play; so authentic he wanted it to be that he almost chose to have Juliet performed by a young boy, as was the case in the days of Shakespeare when women were barred from the theatre. Thrilling and tragic, don't miss this compelling ballet, adding further beauty to the timeless tale.