
Kevin O'Hare CBE
Director
Dame Ninette de Valois OM CH DBE
Founder
Sir Frederick Ashton OM CH CBE
Founder Choreographer
Constant Lambert
Founder Music Director
Dame Margot Fonteyn DBE
Prima Ballerina Assoluta
Thursday 8 October 2026 7.30pm
Please note that casting is subject to change up until the start of the performance. Please continue to check the website for the most up-to-date information.
The performance will last approximately 3 hours, including two intervals
The Royal Ballet, The Royal Ballet School
Ninette de Valois
Arthur Bliss
By arrangement with Novello & Co Ltd
E McKnight Kauffer
Adam King after John B. Read
Darcey Bussell
Jessica Clarke
Samara Downs
Kevin Emerton
Sarah Kundi
Iain Mackay
Zenaida Yanowsky
Denis Bonner
Monica Mason
Christopher Saunders
Mayara Magri
Reece Clarke
Christopher Saunders
The Royal Ballet School pre-professional year
Martin Georgiev
Vasko Vassilev
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Frederick Ashton
Alexander Glazunov
by arrangement with Peters Edition Limited, London
Robert Irving
André Levasseur
Chris Wilkinson after John B. Read
Christopher Carr
Samira Saidi
Zhan Atymtayev
Patricia Tierney
Jonathan Payn
Part of Ashton Worldwide, the Frederick Ashton Foundation’s international festival 2024-28
Marianela Nuñez
Katherine Ochoa
Anna Rose O'Sullivan
Yasmine Naghdi
Rosanna Ely
Akane Takada
Yu Kurihara
Patricio Revé
Tzu-Chao Chou
Luca Acri
Nicol Edmonds
Riku Ito
Leo Dixon
Ryan Felix
Charlotte Politi
Vasko Vassilev
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
The Royal Ballet | World Premiere
Lauren Cuthbertson
Lukas B. Brændsrød
Christopher Wheeldon
Benjamin Britten
Performances of the work are given by permission of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited
Erdem Moralioğlu
Chris Wilkinson
Jacquelin Barrett
Martin Georgiev
Kate Shipway
The Royal Ballet | World Premiere
Matthew Ball
William Bracewell
Cathy Marston
Benjamin Britten
'Night covers up the rigid land' – performances of the work are given by permission of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited
W.H. Auden
Annemarie Woods
Chris Wilkinson
Deirdre Chapman
Robert Clark
Michael Gibson
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Yaoqian Shang
Mathias Dingman
Kenneth MacMillan
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Philip Gammon
Peter Farmer
Chris Wilkinson after John B. Read
Darcey Bussell
Patricia Teirney
Robert Clark
The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Miki Mizutani
Sae Maeda
Joseph Sissens
Tzu-Chao Chou
Wayne McGregor
Franz Schubert
Lucy Carter recreated by Chris Wilkinson
Jenny Tattersall
Jeanette Wong
The Royal Ballet
Liam Boswell
Lukas B. Brændsrød
Olivia Findlay
Brayden Gallucci
James Large
Caspar Lench
Marco Masciari
Taisuke Nakao
Amelia Townsend
Joshua Junker
Elvis Presley
Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog, That's someone you'll never forget
Joshua Junker
Chris Wilkinson after Natasha Chivers
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Yasiel Hodelín Bello
Birmingham Royal Ballet Dancers
David Bintley
Simon Jeffes
White Mischief from ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Cafe. By arrangement with Peters Edition Limited on behalf of Editions Penguin Cafe Limited
Hayden Griffin
Chris Wilkinson after John B Read
Patricia Tierney
Charlotte Politi
The Royal Ballet
Sarah Lamb
Steven McRae
Natalie Abrahami
Steven McRae
Vasko Vassilev
Loughlan Prior
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Chris Wilkinson after Prema Mehta
Samira Saidi
Martin Georgiev
Vasko Vassilev
The Royal Ballet
Francesca Hayward
Marcelino Sambé
Kenneth MacMillan
Jules Massenet
Martin Yates
Originally compiled by Leighton Lucas with the collaboration of Hilda Gaunt
Nicholas Georgiadis
Chris Wilkinson after Jacopo Pantani
Laura Morera
Edward Watson
Martin Georgiev
The Royal Ballet
Fumi Kaneko
Vadim Muntagirov
Marius Petipa
Liam Scarlett
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Liam Scarlett
John Macfarlane
Chris Wilkinson
Alexander Agadzhanov
Charlotte Politi
Vasko Vassilev
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Royal Ballet School | World Premiere
Valentino Zucchetti
Jules Massenet
Chris Wilkinson
Deirdre Chapman
The Royal Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet School
Martin Georgiev
Vasko Vassilev
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Kevin O’Hare CBE
Koen Kessels
Sir Wayne McGregor CBE
Christopher Wheeldon OBE
Heather Baxter
Christopher Saunders
Shane Kelly
Suitable for all
There is a gunshot in ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café – Southern Cape Zebra.
Exceptional philanthropic support from Royal Ballet and Opera Principal The Julia Rausing TrustGenerous philanthropic support from Doug and Ceri King and the Royal Opera House Endowment FundThe 2026/27 Royal Ballet Season is generously supported by Aud Jebsen
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