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The Royal Ballet

  • 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

A Centenary Celebration

Saturday 10 October 2026 7pm

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.

Approximate Timings

The performance will last approximately 3 hours, including two intervals


Checkmate Suite

The 3rd performance at the Royal Opera House

The Royal Ballet, The Royal Ballet School

Credits

  • Choreography

    Ninette de Valois

  • Music

    Arthur Bliss

    By arrangement with Novello & Co Ltd

  • Designer

    E McKnight Kauffer

  • Lighting recreated by

    Adam King after John B. Read

  • Répétiteurs

    Darcey Bussell

    Jessica Clarke

    Samara Downs

    Kevin Emerton

    Sarah Kundi

    Iain Mackay

    Zenaida Yanowsky

  • Principal Coaching

    Denis Bonner

    Monica Mason

    Christopher Saunders

Cast

  • Black Queen

    Mayara Magri

  • Red Knight

    Reece Clarke

  • King

    Christopher Saunders

  • Four Knights and Red Pawns

    The Royal Ballet School pre-professional year

Music credits

  • Conductor

    Martin Georgiev

  • Concert Master

    Vasko Vassilev

  • Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Birthday Offering   

The 3rd performance at the Royal Opera House

Pièce d'occasion in one scene

The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet

Credits

  • Choreography

    Frederick Ashton

  • Music

    Alexander Glazunov

    by arrangement with Peters Edition Limited, London

  • Arranged by

    Robert Irving

  • Costume Designer

    André Levasseur

  • Lighting Recreated by

    Chris Wilkinson after John B. Read

  • Staging

    Christopher Carr

  • Senior Répétiteur

    Samira Saidi

  • Répétiteurs

    Zhan Atymtayev

    Patricia Tierney

    Jonathan Payn

Part of Ashton Worldwide, the Frederick Ashton Foundation’s international festival 2024-28

Cast

  • Dancers

    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

Music credits

  • Conductor

    Charlotte Politi

  • Concert Master

    Vasko Vassilev

  • Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Short Works and World Premieres

The 3rd performance at the Royal Opera House

Cast and creatives

Beautiful Shadow

The Royal Ballet | World Premiere

  • Dancers

    Lauren Cuthbertson

    Lukas B. Brændsrød

  • Choreography

    Christopher Wheeldon

  • Music

    Benjamin Britten

    Performances of the work are given by permission of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited

  • Costume Designer

    Erdem Moralioğlu

  • Lighting Designer

    Chris Wilkinson

  • Assistant to the Choreographer

    Jacquelin Barrett

  • Conductor

    Martin Georgiev

  • Solo Piano

    Kate Shipway

Night Falling

The Royal Ballet | World Premiere

  • Dancers

    Matthew Ball

    William Bracewell

  • Choreography

    Cathy Marston

  • Music

    Benjamin Britten

    'Night covers up the rigid land' – performances of the work are given by permission of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited

  • Libretto

    W.H. Auden

  • Costume Designer

    Annemarie Woods

  • Lighting Designer

    Chris Wilkinson

  • Senior Répétiteur to the Visiting Choreographers

    Deirdre Chapman

  • Solo Piano

    Robert Clark

  • Tenor

    Michael Gibson

Winter Dreams pas de deux

Birmingham Royal Ballet

  • Dancers

    Yaoqian Shang

    Mathias Dingman

  • Choreography

    Kenneth MacMillan

  • Music

    Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky

  • Arranged by

    Philip Gammon

  • Costume Designer

    Peter Farmer

  • Lighting recreated by

    Chris Wilkinson after John B. Read

  • Principal Coaching

    Darcey Bussell

    Patricia Teirney

  • Solo Piano

    Robert Clark

Nimbus

The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet

  • Dancers

    Miki Mizutani

    Sae Maeda

    Joseph Sissens

    Tzu-Chao Chou

  • Concept, Direction and Choreography

    Wayne McGregor

  • Music

    Franz Schubert

  • Lighting Designer

    Lucy Carter recreated by Chris Wilkinson

  • Staging

    Jenny Tattersall

  • Solo Piano

    Jeanette Wong

Unforgettable

The Royal Ballet

  • Dancers

    Liam Boswell

    Lukas B. Brændsrød

    Olivia Findlay

    Brayden Gallucci

    James Large

    Caspar Lench

    Marco Masciari

    Taisuke Nakao

    Amelia Townsend

  • Choreography and Costume Concept

    Joshua Junker

  • Music

    Elvis Presley

    Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog, That's someone you'll never forget

  • Additional music composed by

    Joshua Junker

  • Lighting recreated by

    Chris Wilkinson after Natasha Chivers

‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café – Southern Cape Zebra

Birmingham Royal Ballet

  • Dancers

    Yasiel Hodelín Bello

    Birmingham Royal Ballet Dancers

  • Choreography

    David Bintley

  • Music

    Simon Jeffes

    White Mischief from ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Cafe. By arrangement with Peters Edition Limited on behalf of Editions Penguin Cafe Limited

  • Designer

    Hayden Griffin

  • Lighting recreated by

    Chris Wilkinson after John B Read

  • Répétiteur

    Patricia Tierney

  • Conductor

    Charlotte Politi

Danse Russe

The Royal Ballet

  • Dancers

    Sarah Lamb

    Steven McRae

  • Original Concept

    Natalie Abrahami

    Steven McRae

    Vasko Vassilev

  • Choreography

    Loughlan Prior

  • Music

    Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky

  • Lighting recreated by

    Chris Wilkinson after Prema Mehta

  • Principal Coaching

    Samira Saidi

  • Conductor

    Martin Georgiev

  • Solo Violin

    Vasko Vassilev

Manon – Act I bedroom pas de deux

The Royal Ballet

  • Dancers

    Francesca Hayward

    Marcelino Sambé

  • Choreography

    Kenneth MacMillan

  • Music

    Jules Massenet

  • Orchestrated by

    Martin Yates

    Originally compiled by Leighton Lucas with the collaboration of Hilda Gaunt

  • Designer

    Nicholas Georgiadis

  • Lighting recreated by

    Chris Wilkinson after Jacopo Pantani

  • Artistic Supervisor for the MacMillan Estate

    Laura Morera

  • Principal Coaching

    Edward Watson

  • Conductor

    Martin Georgiev

Swan Lake – Act III pas de deux

The Royal Ballet

  • Dancers

    Fumi Kaneko

    Vadim Muntagirov

  • Choreography

    Marius Petipa

  • Additional choreography

    Liam Scarlett

  • Music

    Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky

  • Production

    Liam Scarlett

  • Designer

    John Macfarlane

  • Lighting Designer

    Chris Wilkinson

  • Principal Coaching

    Alexander Agadzhanov

  • Conductor

    Charlotte Politi

Music credits

  • Concert Master

    Vasko Vassilev

  • Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Centenary

The 3rd performance at the Royal Opera House

The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Royal Ballet School | World Premiere

Credits

  • Choreography

    Valentino Zucchetti

  • Music

    Jules Massenet

  • Lighting Designer

    Chris Wilkinson

  • Senior Répétiteur to the Visiting Choreographers

    Deirdre Chapman

Cast

  • Dancers

    The Royal Ballet

    Birmingham Royal Ballet

    The Royal Ballet School

Music credits

  • Conductor

    Martin Georgiev

  • Concert Master

    Vasko Vassilev

  • Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

The Royal Ballet

  • Director

    Kevin O’Hare CBE

  • Music Director

    Koen Kessels

  • Resident Choreographer

    Sir Wayne McGregor CBE

  • Artistic Associate

    Christopher Wheeldon OBE

  • Administrative Director

    Heather Baxter

  • Rehearsal Director

    Christopher Saunders

  • Clinical Director Ballet Healthcare

    Shane Kelly

Guidance

Suitable for all

There is a gunshot in ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café – Southern Cape Zebra.

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Further information

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Guidelines

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Please do not place any personal belongings on the ledges in front of you. Mobile phones should be turned off and stored away safely during performances.

Only bottled water and ice cream purchased from the premises can be taken into the auditorium.

If you arrive late to the auditorium or leave during a performance, you will not be allowed back to your seat until the interval or a suitable break.

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