The Royal Ballet and Opera in Covent Garden | Screenings at Norden Farm

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A new season of cinema screenings from the Royal Ballet and Opera

The Royal Ballet and Opera in Covent Garden is the at the heart of London and British cultural life. Exciting productions are brought to the cinema screen at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts this season. Tickets are £17 (plus a £1.90 per transaction booking fee).

The Royal Ballet and Opera brings together two world class performing companies, The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera in one of the UK’s leading arts institutions.

The season also includes a screening from New York’s acclaimed Metropolitan Opera – kick starting the line up. Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists return for Verdi’s thrilling take on the immortal Shakespearean tale - The Metropolitan Opera: Macbeth is on Thursday 22 October at 1pm.

Telling the story of the scheming couple, determined to seize power at any cost. Baritone Quinn Kelsey is the Scottish king haunted by the ghosts of his murderous ascent to the throne, opposite soprano Lise Davidsen as the power-mad Lady Macbeth, whose ruinous ambition damns them both. 

The Royal Ballet and Opera: Manon is on Wednesday 28 October at 2pm. In the seedy underbelly of 18th-century Paris, money is king. Nothing is sacred - even love itself can be bought for the right price. A native of this hedonistic underworld, Manon is caught between twin desires when she falls in love with the student Des Grieux.

In this signature work of The Royal Ballet, MacMillan’s nuanced understanding of human psychology makes for an unflinching look into the moral degradation of Manon’s Paris. While all its decadence and decay are brought to life through Jules Massenet’s score and Nicholas Georgiadis’s designs.

Royal Ballet and Opera: Carmen is on Tuesday 10 November at 6pm and Wednesday 11 November at 2pm.

Under the oppressive heat of the Spanish sun, the fiercely independent Carmen attracts the attention of Don José. She warns him not to fall in love with her, but his obsession knows no bounds. An all-star cast brings this white-hot drama to life, with Ginger Costa-Jackson in the fiery title role, alongside Russell Thomas as the jealous and despairing Don José. Following his 2023 Royal Opera debut, Sesto Quatrini returns to conduct Bizet’s electrifying and sensual score.

The Royal Ballet and Opera: The Nutcracker is on Tuesday 1 December at 7pm, Thursday 24 December at 2pm, Saturday 26 December at 4pm, Wednesday 30 December at 2pm and Thursday 31 December at 10.30am (Relaxed screening).

At a cosy Christmas party, young Clara meets the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer, who gives her a nutcracker doll. When the guests have departed and the house is asleep, Clara sneaks downstairs in search of the doll. Instead, she finds Drosselmeyer, who whisks her away on a journey into a whole world of enchantment - fantastical landscapes of flurried snow and glittering confection where toys come alive and the magic never stops.

Peter Wright’s production of this festive family favourite sparkles to the wondrous swell of Tchaikovsky’s orchestral score, alongside the glow and grandeur of Julia Trevelyan Oman’s period designs.