The Rex Cinema

• 2022
• Australia / France / US
• 1h 56min
• 15

• Directed by: Benjamin Millepied
• Cast: Melissa Barrera, Paul Mescal, Rossy de Palma, Tracy "The DOC" Curry, Elsa Pataky

Carmen UK/US 2023, 15, 116 mins, drama

Carmen, the new film starring Oscar nominee Paul Mescal (Normal People, Aftersun) and Scream's Melissa Barrera, is directed by French choreographer Benjamin Millepied (Black Swan, Dune) and based on Frank Wildhorn's 2008 musical and Georges Bizet's opera, both of which in turn were adapted from Prosper Mérimée's 1845 novel.

Dance scenes are breathtaking and employ Spanish and Latin American traditions from Flamenco to Tango.

Rossy de Palma, Spanish cinematic royalty, cements a mystical creature as Carmen's aunt. She is a storyteller, recording Carmen's struggles as well as her love for Aidan (Paul Mescal).

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• 2017

Live broadcast of the Royal Ballet's production of The Nutcracker. A young girl’s enchanted present leads her on a wonderful Christmas adventure in this classical ballet, danced to Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score.

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• 2024
• UK

Jonas Kaufmann headlines David McVicar's spectacular staging of Giordano's epic historical drama, conducted by long-time collaborator Antonio Pappano. Co-production with China National Centre for Performing Arts, Beijing and San Francisco Opera.

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• 2024
• UK

Aigul Akmetshina and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya share the title role in Damiano Michieletto's sizzling new production of Bizet’s ever-popular opera. Co-production with Teatro Real, Madrid and La Scala, Milan.

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• 2024
• UK

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

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• 2024
• UK

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

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• 2024
• UK
• 12A

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.

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• 2024
• UK
• 12A

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

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• 2024
• UK

• Directed by: Ann Yee and Natalie Abrahami

This poetic, contemporary new staging of Dvořák’s lyric fairy tale reveals our uneasy relationship with the natural world and humanity’s attempts to own and tame it.

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• 2024
• UK

Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness returns to the Royal Opera House stage.

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• 2023
• UK

The Royal Ballet

The Nutcracker ​

Running time 170 minutes (including one interval)

Join Clara at a delightful Christmas Eve party that becomes a magical adventure once everyone else is tucked up in bed. Marvel at the brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s score, as Clara and her enchanted Nutcracker fight the Mouse King and visit the Sugar Plum Fairy in the glittering Kingdom of Sweets. Peter Wright’s much-loved production for The Royal Ballet, with gorgeous period designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman, keeps true to the spirit of this festive ballet classic, combining the thrill of the fairy tale with spectacular dancing.

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• 2024
• UK
• 12A

Shakespeare’s profound story of love and loss, artfully adapted into a contemporary three-act narrative ballet by Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon, returns to the Main Stage. A co-production between The Royal Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada.

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• 2024
• France / Germany / Spain / Belgium
• 1h 55min
• 12A

• Directed by: Martin Bourboulon
• Cast: François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Pio Marmaï, Romain Duris, Eva Green

Second part of the duology based on Dumas' novel.

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