Join us for this Season of Insights, which includes exclusive talks, masterclasses and in-conversations with a variety of special guests. Insights are programmed regularly so check back for more information.

2026/27 Season

Find out more about the 2026/27 Season's upcoming productions with exclusive Insight events and talks.

Upcoming

The Royal Ballet dancer Steven Mcrae stands in a well-lit studio with his arms stretched outwards.

Linbury Theatre
Ballet and dance

Insights: The McRae / Vassilev Project

3 September 2026

Join Steven McRae, Vasko Vassilev and director Natalie Abrahami as they discuss their new project inspired by Paganini.

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A black and white image of director Evgeny Titov, he wears black trousers and a black t-shirt and sits with his back against a concrete wall.

Clore Studio
Opera and music

Insights: Parsifal

8 September 2026

Join cast and creatives as they discuss the story and themes of Wagner’s final opera, Parsifal.

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Several performers move around on stage within a blue dimly lit room with doors and windows. Above the room are musicians from an orchestra.

Clore Studio
Opera and music

Insights: 4.48 Psychosis

7 October 2026

Cast and creatives discuss Ted Huffman's stark and stripped-back staging of Philip Venables's opera, which makes its debut on the Linbury Stage this autumn.

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Four people sit in chairs in a brightly lit dance studio: two have their backs to the camera. In the centre, a dancer is performing – their face is contorted as though they are in pain, and they hold one arm out in front of themselves.

Clore Studio
Ballet and dance

Insights: Fallen Angels Dance Theatre

13 September 2026

Join cast and creatives from Fallen Angels Dance Theatre as they prepare to present Holding Light, a powerful performance exploring real stories of addiction recovery.

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Several ballet dancers wearing tutu's stand in a brightly lit dance studio against a mirrored wall. In the corner two other people are coaching.

Clore Studio
Ballet and dance

Insights: The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal – Manon

23 September 2026

Watch dancer of The Royal Ballet in rehearsal as they prepare for this revival of Kenneth MacMillan's devastating ballet of decadence and decay.

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Several dancers wearing elaborate costumes dance close together with their arms raised. The image is artistically blurred to look like in motion.

Clore Studio
Ballet and dance

Insights: The Royal Ballet School – A Centenary Celebration

3 October 2026

As The Royal Ballet Schools prepares for its Centenary celebration, join cast and creatives in conversation on the school, it's heritage and the future.

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Clore Studio
Ballet and dance

Insights: The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal – Visionaries: Robbins and MacMillan

29 October 2026

Watch dancers of The Royal Ballet in rehearsal as they prepare for this mixed programme featuring two 20th century masterpieces.

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Linbury Theatre
Opera and music

Insights: Un ballo in maschera

11 November 2026

Join cast and creatives in discussion on their inventive new production of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.

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Clore Studio
Ballet and dance

Insights: The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal – The Nutcracker

12 November 2026

Watch dancers of The Royal Ballet in rehearsal as they prepare for Peter Wright's classic production of this festive family favourite.

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Watch on Stage

Upcoming ballet and opera Insights

Two people wearing all black clothing sit on the floor of a wooden paneled room – one wears a long leather jacket. The top half of the room is light coloured panel and the bottom half is dark coloured paneling. The image is black and white and is from a press shoot for Sol León and Paul Lightfoot’s production So are We at The Royal Ballet.

Clore Studio
Ballet and dance

Insights: So Are We – León and Lightfoot

Join dancers and creatives behind So Are We: León and Lightfoot in conversation about this exciting and stirring mixed programme which comes to the Main Stage in June.

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The tenor Allan Clayton is performing as Peter Grimes in The Royal Opera’s Peter Grimes. He is barefoot, lying on the stage dressed in dirty yellow fishing overalls, a dark blue plaid shirt and a navy beanie hat, as though he is asleep. Fishing nets are draped over his body like a blanket. Behind him a chorus of performers stands in darkness holding torches.

Clore Studio
Opera and music

Insights: Discovering Britten

Join cast and creatives from The Royal Opera's productions of Turn of the Screw and Peter Grimes in discussion of the works by Benjamin Britten.

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A group of nine people in formal attire pose against a backdrop of hanging fabrics in various colours.

Clore Studio
Opera and music

Insights: Tales of Love and Loss

Join the Jette Parker Artists as they prepare to bring their annual performance to the Linbury Theatre Stage.

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A chorus of singers stand on a stairs on a stage with their arms raised in the air, they are holding up a book with has a gold star embossed on the front. At the centre front, a character wearing red trousers lunges forward holding their chest. Behind them on the stairs leading up are two others, one has their right arm in the air holding up what looks like a knife. The character behind them leans on a crutch.

Clore Studio
Opera and music

Insights: Samson et Dalila

Ahead of the return of Richard Jones’ vibrant production of Camille Saint-Saëns’ opera, cast and creatives explore this biblical epic of faith and loyalty.

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A white woman in an off-the-shoulder, ivory satin gown stands against a dark, smoky background. Her long, wavy hair falls loosely over her shoulders, and she gazes softly forward with a pensive and exhausted expression, illuminated by gentle, diffused light. The air is thick with what looks like battle smoke. The woman represents Elvira in Richard Jones’ production of I Puritani.

Clore Studio
Opera and music

Insights: I puritani

Join cast and creatives from Richard Jones’ new production of I puritani as they discuss Bellini's final opera.

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Upcoming In rehearsal

The Royal Ballet Dancer Fumi Kaneko performs in the centre of the stage of The Royal Opera House to an audience that are visible from the back of the stage. She launches herself into the air with her right leg straight ahead and her toes en pointe and her left leg behind her to create a line. Her right arm is stretched outwards above her shoulders and her left arm stretched out behind to follow the same line shape as her legs. In front of her stands a

Main Stage
Ballet and dance

The Royal Ballet Class on Stage

Get a glimpse into the daily life of the dancers of The Royal Ballet as they take class on the Main Stage.

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A photograph of a ballet dancer sitting on the floor of a ballet studio as another person stands behind them

Multiple venues
Ballet and dance

Insights: The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal

5 May 2026

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Watch on Stream

Watch previous Insights, rehearsals and more

Online only
Ballet and dance

The Nutcracker (2025): The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal

Dancers of The Royal Ballet rehearse Peter Wright's dazzling production of The Nutcracker.

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An actor playing Tosca in Oliver Mears’ production of Tosca stands in a dramatic red gown against a marble-textured wall. Her hands are pressed above her head and her body angled towards it, while parts of the wall appear to be cracking around her. A strong diagonal shadow casts across the wall, adding depth and tension to the composition. The setting is abstract and theatrical, with cool-toned lighting contrasting against the flowing red fabric.

Online only
Opera and music

Stream Tosca (2025): Insights

Cast and creatives discuss Oliver Mears' bold new production of Tosca.

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A flatlay on a light brown wooden surface of 4 images of the same person in different styles: the first is a painted style and they wear their long brown hair down, the second is a black and white photograph with their hair up, the third is a retor-style photograph with 70s brown tones and the fourth is an image of the same person on a smart phone screen.

Online only
Opera and music

Stream The Makropulos Case (2025): Insights

Cast and creatives discuss Katie Mitchell's new production of Janáček’s haunting and enigmatic masterpiece.

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10 ballet dancers stand on a blue-set stage holding their right arms in the air. In the centre, there are 5 dancers and either side of hte stage are three dancers - all are wearing skirts. The dancer at the front is being held by the waist by another dancer wearing blue trousers and top.

Online only
Ballet and dance

Stream Insights: Patricia Neary, Balanchine and The Royal Ballet

This special Insights event celebrates Patricia Neary’s long association with The Royal Ballet.

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two dancers embrace under a light. Their shadows are behind them and are coloured pink green and yellow

Online only
Ballet and dance

Stream Ballet to Broadway: Insight

This special Insight brings together creatives and dancers of The Royal Ballet to discuss Ballet to Broadway.

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