The Royal Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ set for cinemas

This month, Event & Village Cinemas is exclusively screening two of Marius Petipa’s ballets — La Bayadère and The Nutcracker — at 19 Event Cinemas and 7 Village Cinemas locations nationally as part of the Royal Opera House 2018-19 Live Cinema Season.

Set in India, Marius Petipa’s La Bayadère tells the story of a noble warrior betrothed to a princess but in love with a temple dancer. The famous moonlit “white act” – the Kingdom of the Shades – is a corps de ballet highlight, starring Australian dancer Steven McRae. Audiences in Australia can still catch it today, December 12. 

Then the timeless classic The Nutcracker will screen next, from December 22 – 24. The magical Christmas adventure and Tchaikovsky’s ravishing score perfectly conveys the magic of Clara’s adventure with her enchanted Nutcracker.

Participating Event Cinemas include: Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Cronulla, Beverly Hills, Bondi Junction, Burwood, Macquarie, Indooroopilly, Kotara, Pacific Fair, Cairns Earlville, Coolangatta, Noosa, Maroochydore, Toowoomba Strand, Marion, Glenelg, Capitol Manuka and Innaloo.

Participating Village Cinemas include: Knox, Geelong, Karingal, Albury, Rivoli, Eastlands and Launceston.

Australian audiences are never far from a performance at the Royal Opera House, with the performances screened in 19 Event Cinemas nationwide and from 7 Village Cinemas in Victoria and Hobart until July 2019.

During 2018-19, the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden will exclusively present 10 thrilling performances of world-class opera and ballet to cinemas across Australia. This forms part of the Royal Opera House’s celebrations of 10 years of cinema broadcasting in 2018 and of selling more than one million cinema tickets worldwide during the 2017-18 Season.

All Wednesday sessions at Event Cinemas will include complimentary morning tea. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $18 for concessions and $102 for a multi pass to six titles. For tickets and further information visit www.eventcinemas.com.au/roh or www.villagecinemas.com.au. 

Photo: Artists of The Royal Ballet in the Arabian Dance of The Nutcracker in 2013. Photo by Tristram Kenton.