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Event Cinema offers the very best in ballet, opera, musical theatre, Q&A’s and other cultural events from around the world. Broadcast or captured live from the stages of the world’s most famous venues.

Our programme includes seasons from the Royal Opera House, National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company as well as many other prestigious companies and events.
Renaissance

RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ 15

2h 50m

RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ accentuates the journey of RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR, from its inception, to the opening in Stockholm, Sweden, to the finale in Kansas City, Missouri.

Sun 3 Dec
19.30
Met: Florencia

MET Opera: Florencia en el Amazonas

2h 35m

Sung in Spanish and inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera focuses on an opera diva, Florencia Grimaldi.

Sat 9 Dec
17.55
The Nutcracker

Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker TBC

2h 40m

Discover the enchantment of ballet with this sparkling festive treat for the whole family.

Tue 12 Dec
19.15
The Nutcracker

Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker

2h 40m

Discover the enchantment of ballet with this sparkling festive treat for the whole family.

Tue 12 Dec
19.15
Met: Nabucco

MET Opera: Nabucco

3h 6m

Ancient Babylon comes to life in a classic Met staging of biblical proportions. Baritone George Gagnidze makes his Met role debut as the imperious king Nabucco.

Sat 6 Jan 2024
17.55
Rusalka

Royal Opera: Rusalka

3h 45m

Rusalka, a water spirit, lives with her family in the pure waters of the forest lake. When she falls in love with a Prince, she sacrifices her voice and leaves her home.

Wed 24 Jan 2024
18.45
NT Live: Dear England

NT Live: Dear England 15

2h 40m

Joseph Fiennes plays Gareth Southgate in James Graham's gripping examination of nation and game. The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can't England's men win at their own game?

Thu 25 Jan 2024
19.00
Met: Carmen

MET Opera: Carmen

TBA 0m

Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story of deadly passion with a staging that moves the action to the present.

Sat 27 Jan 2024
17.55
Manon

Royal Ballet: Manon

3h 15m

Torn between her desire of a life of splendour and riches and her devotion to her true love Des Grieux, the feckless and capricious Manon pays the ultimate price.

Wed 7 Feb 2024
19.15
NT Live: Vanya

NT Live: Vanya 15

1h 50m

Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens' (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.

Thu 22 Feb 2024
19.00
Met: La Forza

MET Opera: La Forza Del Destino

TBA 0m

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen, following a string of recent Met triumphs, in her role debut.

Sat 9 Mar 2024
17.00
Met: Romeo et Juliette

MET Opera: Romeo Et Juliette

3h 31m

Two singers at the height of their powers—soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s Shakespeare adaptation.

Sat 23 Mar 2024
16.55
Madama Butterfly

Royal Opera: Madama Butterfly TBC

2h 45m

Puccini’s devastating tragedy about a young geisha who falls in love with an American naval officer.

Tue 26 Mar 2024
19.15
Macmillan Celebrated

Royal Ballet: Macmillan Celebrated

3h 15m

The Royal Ballet celebrates the breadth of Principal Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan’s one-act ballets, Danses Concertantes, Different Drummer and Requiem.

Tue 9 Apr 2024
19.15
Met: La Rondine

MET Opera: La Rondine

2h 47m

Puccini’s bittersweet love story makes a rare Met appearance, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the sophisticated French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelm.

Sat 20 Apr 2024
17.55
Swan Lake

Royal Ballet: Swan Lake

3h and 30m

Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans while out hunting. When one of the swans turns into a beautiful woman, Odette, he is enraptured.

Wed 24 Apr 2024
19.15
Carmen

Royal Opera: Carmen

3h 40m

Carmen declares that any man she loves should beware. However, even she is unprepared for what will happen when she decides to seduce Don José, an army corporal..

Wed 1 May 2024
18.45
Met: Madama Butterfly

MET Opera: Madama Butterfly

3h 15m

In her Met debut, Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the trusting geisha at the heart of Puccini’s tragedy.

Sat 11 May 2024
17.55
Winter's Tale

Royal Ballet: The Winter's Tale

3h 20m

King Leontes is increasingly overpowered by unfounded jealousy, believing his pregnant wife Hermione to be having an affair with his childhood friend King Polixenes.

Wed 22 May 2024
19.15
Message In A Bottle

Royal Ballet: Message in a Bottle

2h 0m

The iconic songs of Sting. The electrifying choreography of Kate Prince. This is a tale of hope.

Thu 30 May 2024
19.20
Andrea Chenier

Royal Opera: Andrea Chenier

3h 14m

Jonas Kaufmann headlines David McVicar's spectacular staging of Giordano's epic historical drama, conducted by long-time collaborator Antonio Pappano.

Tue 11 Jun 2024
19.15
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