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A performer wearing a glamorous black dress, fishnet tights and a chunky pearl necklace sits on a grey silk dressed bed on stage. She is flanked by four performers wearing bright coloured jackets and various animal masks: one is a goat, one is a hare, one is a King Charles spaniel and one is a bat.

  • Main Stage

  • Opera and music

Alcina

15 September–3 October 2026

Handel’s magical opera of love, seduction and sorcery.

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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    JPA @ 25: Jukebox

    25 September 2026

    Two performances. Two programmes. You decide the music. Get to know the singers and music staff of the programme during the matinee performance and vote live for the songs and arias to be performed in full in the evening concert.

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    A ballet dancer stands on a rusted barrel holding onto a wooden lamp post. Another dancer stands on the floor looking up to them. Behind them, a corrugated iron shed holds up a washing line with different pieces of washing hang from it.

      Three Short Ballets

      29 September–2 October 2026

      Northern Ballet returns to the Linbury Theatre with a programme of fiery revivals and a world premiere.

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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.

      • Main Stage

      • Opera and music

      Parsifal

      1–17 October 2026

      Wagner’s all-consuming final opera comes vividly to life in a new production.

      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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      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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      five ballet dancers wearing navy blue tutus stand on pointe with their arms upwards. The image is artistically blurred to look like in motion.

        A Centenary Celebration

        8–10 October 2026

        The Royal Ballet celebrates the centenary of the School – its illustrious history, luminous present and vibrant future. 

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        A male dancer wearing green tights and a brown shirt is holding a woman wearing a brown dress. She is leaning back with her leg outstretched across him, as he lunges near her.

        • Main Stage

        • Ballet and dance

        Manon

        13 October–25 November 2026

        A woman torn between luxury and love – Kenneth MacMillan’s devastating ballet of decadence and decay.

        Four performers wearing black stand on stage with their backs to the audience. Large white numbers are brightly lit and projected directly onto the stage and performers. The numbers are layered on top of each other making it hard to read them properly.

        • Linbury Theatre

        • Opera and music

        4.48 Psychosis

        17–25 October 2026

        The operatic adaptation of Sarah Kane’s explosive and extraordinary play.

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