Get ready to sing, dance and laugh all over again backed by some of ABBA’s best loved hits. 10 years after Mamma Mia! and Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is back on the sun-drenched Greek island of Kalok...

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• Mon 23 Jul to Thu 26 Jul
• 115 minutes

Do you remember the magic of your first cinema visit and the excitement of the big screen? Toddler Time aims to introduce some of our youngest audience members to the world of film. Every Tuesday a...

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• Tue 24 Jul
• 30 minutes

David has vanquished the giant Goliath, but not everyone rejoices in his victory. Jealous of the young warrior, King Saul turns against him, descending into violent, destructive madness that forces hi...

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• Thu 26 Jul
• 197 minutes

Mel Brooks’ uproarious Oscar-winning comedy The Producers returns to cinemas in a stunning 50th anniversary 4K restoration only on August 5th. The Producers holds a special place as one of the grea...

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• Sun 5 Aug
• 105 minutes

Recorded during 06/07 season. Beloved American soprano Renée Fleming joins Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece of unrequited young love. The opera’s s...

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• Mon 6 Aug
• 172 minutes

A rare opportunity to see Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work – opera from the age of Hitchcock, with an atmospheric score and tense, psychological twists. Abandoned by her lover Anatol, Vanessa ...

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• Tue 14 Aug
• 210 minutes

It’s been 50 years since Elvis Presley - the undisputed king of rock--performs in his legendary 68’ Comeback concert recorded on December 3, 1968. Originally airing as a TV special, having not appeare...

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• Thu 16 Aug
• 120 minutes

Recorded during the 15/16 season. Nina Stemme , one of opera’s greatest dramatic sopranos, takes on the title role of the proud princess of legendary China. Tenor Marco Berti is Calàf, the brave pri...

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• Mon 20 Aug
• 139 minutes

Recorded during the 15/16 season. Anthony Minghella’s breathtaking production has thrilled audiences ever since its premiere in 2006. One of the world’s foremost Butterflys, soprano Kristine Opolais...

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• Mon 27 Aug
• 133 minutes

Regarded as one of the world’s greatest living tenors, Jonas Kaufmann has captivated audiences for years with his incredible voice. Captured live this summer at the Waldbühne amphitheatre in Berlin...

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• Thu 30 Aug
• 120 minutes

Vanessa Kirby ( The Crown, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire ) and Eric Kofi Abrefa ( The Amen Corner ) feature in the cast of this brand new production, directed by Carrie Cracknell ( NT Live: The De...

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• Thu 6 Sep
• 120 minutes

Down on his luck in the suburbs, John Falstaff plans to hustle his way to a comfortable retirement by seducing the wives of two wealthy men. Unknown to him, it’s the women of Windsor who really pul...

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• Wed 12 Sep
• 210 minutes

‘Ian McKellen reigns supreme in this triumphant production.’ ( Daily Telegraph ) Broadcast live from London’s West End, see Ian McKellen’s ‘extraordinarily moving portrayal’ ( Independent ) of King...

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• Thu 27 Sep
• 220 minutes

Superstar soprano Anna Netrebko makes her Met role debut as Aida in this thirtieth-anniversary revival of Sonja Frisell’s production. Verdi’s drama is set in Ancient Egypt, where the Ethiopian Aida...

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• Sat 6 Oct to Sun 7 Oct
• 240 minutes

Mayerling is a classic of the Royal Ballet repertory, with its emotional depth, haunting imagery, and one of the most demanding roles ever created for a male dancer. Kenneth MacMillan choreographed...

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• Mon 15 Oct
• 195 minutes

Tony Award-winning director Darko Tresnjak gives Saint-Saëns’s biblical epic its first new Met production in twenty years. Blessed with immense physical strength, Hebrew leader Samson is sworn to d...

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• Sat 20 Oct to Sun 21 Oct
• 240 minutes

Puccini’s gunpowder western returns to the stage where it premiered under Arturo Toscanini . Gold Rush, 1849. Bar owner Minnie looks after a crew of rough miners while fending off the unwanted a...

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• Sat 27 Oct to Mon 29 Oct
• 240 minutes

Wagner’s Ring cycle is one of the greatest works of all opera. Keith Warner’s production is conducted by Antonio Pappano , Music Director of The Royal Opera, and this final revival is cast with an out...

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• Sun 28 Oct
• 290 minutes

A young woman lies, cheats, and steals her way through life, propelled by compulsions she can neither control nor understand. A wealthy man catches her red-handed and blackmails her into marrying him....

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• Sat 10 Nov to Mon 12 Nov
• 240 minutes

On the day of his wedding, the young Scotsman James is awoken with a kiss from an ethereal winged creature, a Sylph. Entranced by her beauty, James risks everything to pursue an unattainable love… ...

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• Sun 11 Nov
• 120 minutes

Marius Petipa’s fantasy, set in legendary India, tells the tale of a temple dancer and the prince who loves her but marries another. The famous, moonlit ‘white act’ – The Kingdom of the Shades – is a ...

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• Tue 13 Nov
• 185 minutes

"Lechery, lechery, still wars and lechery: nothing else holds fashion" Troilus and Cressida swear they will always be true to one another. But in the seventh year of the siege of Troy their innoc...

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• Wed 14 Nov
• 180 minutes

Multi-award-winning drama The Madness of George III will be broadcast live to in National Theatre Live’s first ever broadcast from Nottingham Playhouse. Written by one of Britain’s best-loved playw...

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• Tue 20 Nov
• 210 minutes

Inspired by heroic stories of brave knights, Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful servant Sancho Panza set out on an adventure to meet his ideal woman, Dulcinea. Cervantes’ hero comes to life ...

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• Sun 2 Dec
• 175 minutes

The Nutcracker has long been one of the most delightful ways to discover the enchantment of ballet – and makes for a delicious seasonal treat for all the family. Tchaikovsky’s much-loved music is m...

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• Mon 3 Dec
• 150 minutes

Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare’s famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics, passion and power. Caesar and his assassins are d...

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• Thu 6 Dec
• 220 minutes

New Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin launches his tenure by conducting Verdi’s timeless tragedy. Worldly courtesan Violetta, sung by soprano Diana Damrau , has grown tired of her dissolute l...

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• Sat 15 Dec to Sun 16 Dec
• 240 minutes

On Christmas Eve, Marie’s Nutcracker doll magically transforms into a prince and their wonderful adventure begins. The holiday classic returns to the majestic Bolshoi stage for a live broadcast of ...

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• Sun 23 Dec
• 140 minutes

For the first time at the Met, soprano Anna Netrebko sings the role of Adriana Lecouvreur, the eighteenth-century actress whose real-life intrigues inspired Cilea’s tragic opera. Adriana is adored ...

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• Sat 12 Jan to Sun 13 Jan
• 240 minutes

The temple dancer Nikiya and the warrior Solor fall deeply in love, giving way to heated passions, and murderous intrigues when the Rajah and his daughter Gamzatti discover their forbidden love. La...

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• Sun 20 Jan
• 200 minutes

In Tchaikovsky’s intense opera of obsession and the supernatural, Gherman is caught between the woman he loves and a destructive fixation. The Queen of Spades is based on a short story by Pushkin, ...

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• Tue 22 Jan
• 210 minutes

From the thrill of unexpected romance to a heartbreaking reconciliation that comes too late – Verdi’s La traviata is one of the most popular of all operas. Alfredo falls in love in with the courtes...

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• Wed 30 Jan
• 215 minutes

I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare , premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to Phoenix Cinema. Pauline Gibson has spent her life as a doctor, the inspiring leader...

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• Thu 31 Jan
• 180 minutes

Don’t miss this revival of Sir Richard Eyre’s dynamic production. Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine plays opera’s ultimate seductress, while Roberto Alagna returns to the role of Don José, the good...

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• Sat 2 Feb to Mon 4 Feb
• 240 minutes

Cervantes’s story of the bumbling knight Don Quixote has inspired countless artistic interpretations. Marius Petipa choreographed this sparkling ballet about the encounters of the man from La Mancha a...

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• Tue 19 Feb
• 165 minutes

Full of wit and invention, Donizetti’s comic opera is a delight. The famous aria “Ah, Mes Amis,” with its nine high Cs, is one of opera’s most show-stopping numbers. Bel canto stars Pretty Yende and ...

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• Sat 2 Mar to Sun 3 Mar
• 240 minutes

The Princess Aurora falls under the curse of the Evil Fairy Carabosse on her sixtenth birthday, falling into a deep slumber of one hundred years. Only the kiss of a prince could break the spell. A ...

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• Sun 10 Mar
• 170 minutes

Featuring some of the most glorious music ever written - including, of course, the Ride of the Valkyries - Die Walküre is the second of the four operas that comprise Wagner’s Ring Cycle, a story of mo...

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• Sat 30 Mar to Sun 31 Mar
• 240 minutes

Leonora falls in love with Don Alvaro, but when her father forbids their marriage, a fatal accident triggers a drama of obsession, vengeance and tragedy. Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Netrebko star in Ve...

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• Tue 2 Apr
• 255 minutes

In the 1920’s, The Golden Age cabaret is a favorite nightly haunt. The young fisherman Boris falls in love with Rita. He follows her to the cabaret and realizes that she is the beautiful dancer “Madem...

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• Sun 7 Apr
• 140 minutes

There are many versions of the story of Faust, who trades his soul with the Devil for youth and power, but Gounod’s opera remains one of the most constantly enthralling. Michael Fabiano stars as F...

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• Tue 30 Apr
• 225 minutes

Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads Poulenc’s masterpiece. As the French Revolution begins, shy Blanche, sung by mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard , becomes a novice nun under an elderly prior...

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• Sat 11 May to Sun 12 May
• 240 minutes

The contemporary face of The Royal Ballet is shown in works from three of today’s leading choreographers. Christopher Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour is based around seven couples separating and ...

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• Thu 16 May
• 195 minutes

Carmen is as passionate and free-spirited as ever as she finds herself caught in a love triangle. The passionate one act ballet by Cuban choreographer Alberto Alonso originally conceived for legend...

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• Sun 19 May
• 140 minutes

Shakespeare’s enduring love story is known the world over. Since its 1965 premiere with The Royal Ballet, Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet has become a modern ballet classic. The choreography cap...

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• Tue 11 Jun
• 195 minutes