The Nutcracker – RBO Screening

Screened from The Royal Opera House Peter Wright’s production of The Nutcracker has been enchanting children and adults alike since its first performance by The Royal Ballet in 1984.

Featuring some of Tchaikovsky’s most recognizable tunes, this staple of the classical ballet canon is a treat for the whole family.

Running time
The screening lasts approximately 2 hours and 25 minutes including one interval

Guidance
Suitable for all

 

Cinderella – RBO Screening

Screened from The Royal Opera House.  This Christmas, be transported into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true.
Starring Fumi Kaneko and William Bracewell.

Running time
The performance lasts approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes, including two intervals

Guidance
Suitable for all

La Fille Mal Gardee – RBO Screening

Screened from The Royal Opera House.  Escape to the countryside with Frederick Ashton’s ballet about a capricious girl who hopes to marry her love. Brimming with humour and choreographic invention, La Fille mal gardée is the perfect ballet for all the family.

Running time
The screening lasts approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes, including one interval

Guidance
Suitable for all

 

La Sonnambula – RBO Screening

Nadine Sierra stars as Amina in The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Bellini’s poignant tale of love lost and found, directed by Rolando Villazón.

Retaining the opera’s original setting in the Swiss Alps, director Rolando Villazón uses its somnambulant plot to explore the emotional and psychological valleys of the mind.

Running time
The screening will last approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes, including one interval

Guidance
More information available soon

Language
Sung in Italian with English captions

 

Tosca – RBO Screening

Screened from The Royal Opera House.  The splendour of Rome. The devastation of war. Puccini’s operatic thriller returns in an epic new production.

Anna Netrebko stars in the title role, alongside Freddie De Tommaso in a thrilling new staging of Puccini’s Tosca for The Royal Opera. Conducted by new Music Director Jakub Hrůša and directed by Oliver Mears.

Running time
The screening lasts approximately 3 hours, including two intervals

Guidance
Suitable for ages 12+

Language
Sung in Italian with English captions

Superman (12A)

Follows the titular superhero as he reconciles his heritage with his human upbringing. He is the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way in a world that views this as old-fashioned.

Running Time: tbc

F1 The Movie (12A)

Dubbed “the greatest that never was,” Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was FORMULA 1’s most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career.

Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling FORMULA 1 team that is on the verge of collapse. Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to FORMULA 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He’ll drive alongside Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), the team’s hotshot rookie intent on setting his own pace. But as the engines roar, Sonny’s past catches up with him and he finds that in FORMULA 1, your teammate is your fiercest competition–and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.

Running Time: 2h 56mins including ads and trailers

The Bad Guys 2 (PG)

Everyone’s favourite felons are back, and this time, they’ve got company.

In the new action-packed chapter from DreamWorks Animation’s acclaimed comedy smash about a crackerjack crew of animal outlaws, our now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.

Running Time: 2h including ads and trailers

Elio (PG)

The cosmic misadventure introduces Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession. So, when he’s beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organisation with representatives from galaxies far and wide, Elio’s all in for the epic undertaking.

Mistakenly identified as Earth’s leader, Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions, and somehow discover who and where he is truly meant to be!

Running Time:  2h including ads and trailers

Jurassic World Rebirth (12A)

An evolution, if you will, the Jurassic World franchise returns with Jurassic World: Rebirth. A direct sequel to the 2022 Jurassic World: Dominion.

Set five years after the events of Dominion, in which the Earth is thought to be largely inhospitable to dinosaurs. Other than remote microclimates, of course, reminiscent of the tropical environments they thrived in.

Featuring a long-awaited river raft scene depicted in the original Michael Crichton book, this is known to have been famously cut from the original Steven Spielberg movie. Catch it for yourself!

Running Time: 2h 30mins including ads and trailers