Casting for our 2026/27 season

Romeo & Juliet. Nutcracker. Carmen. Swan Lake. Our 2026/27 season overflows with drama, magic and emotions.

Get ready to feel it all with our outstanding artists, who are guaranteed to make a lasting impression.

Scroll down for casting for each performance – including many exciting debuts, marked with a * symbol.

Romeo & Juliet

Irresistible attraction, all-consuming passion, tragic consequences: Shakespeare’s heartbreaking tale becomes a stirring ballet by Rudolf Nureyev.

Visit the production page to see who will dance the roles of Tybalt, Mercutio, Benvolio, Lord and Lady Capulet, Paris and Rosaline.

In the roles Romeo and Juliet

Liverpool Empire

Aitor Arrieta* / Emma Hawes*
15 October 7pm, 17 October 2pm

Gareth Haw* / Minju Kang*
16 October 2pm, 17 October 7pm

Rentaro Nakaaki* / Julia Conway*
16 October 7pm

Manchester Palace Theatre

Rentaro Nakaaki / Julia Conway
21 October 7pm, 24 October 7pm

Daniel McCormick* / Katja Khaniukova*
22 October 7pm, 24 October 2pm

Lorenzo Trossello* / Ivana Bueno*
23 October 7pm, 25 October 2pm

Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

Aitor Arrieta / Emma Hawes
3 December 7pm, 5 December 1:30pm

Gareth Haw / Emily Suzuki*
4 December 1:30pm, 5 December 6:30pm

Gustavo Carvalho* / Haruhi Otani*
4 December 7pm

London Coliseum

For these performances, we will be joined by Paris Opera Ballet star Hugo Marchand, and Associate Guest Artist Ksenia Ovsyanick.

Hugo Marchand / Emma Hawes
14 January 7pm, 17 January 2pm, 20 January 7pm

Gareth Haw / Emily Suzuki 
15 January 7pm, 22 January 7pm, 24 January 1pm

Gustavo Carvalho / Fernanda Oliveira 
16 January 2pm, 19 January 7pm

Aitor Arrieta / Ksenia Ovsyanick*
16 January 7pm, 21 January 7pm, 23 January 7pm

Rentaro Nakaaki / Julia Conway 
21 January 2pm, 23 January 2pm

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Nutcracker

With over 100 dancers and musicians, the festive family favourite by Aaron S Watkin and Arielle Smith returns to the London Coliseum this winter.

In the roles Clara,  Drosselmeyer , Nutcracker Prince, Nutcracker Doll, Sugar Plum Fairy, Sugar Plum Cavalier, Ice Queen and Rat King.

For this run of performances, we will be joined by Associate Guest Artist, Davi Ramos.

Chloe Keneally / Junor Souza / Gustavo Carvalho* / Rhys Antoni / Sangeun Lee / Gareth Haw / Anna Nevzorova / James Streeter
17 December 7.30pm, 19 December 7.30pm, 22 December 6:30pm

Carolyne Galvao / James Streeter / Noam Durand / Eric Snyder / Julia Conway / Rentaro Nakaaki* / Anri Sugiura / Junor Souza 
18 December 7:30pm, 20 December 6:30pm, 22 December 1:30pm

Swanice Luong / Fabian Reimair / Shunhei Fuchiyama / Thiago Silva / Emily Suzuki / Erik Woolhouse / Minju Kang / Jose María Lorca Menchón 
19 December 2:30pm

Ashley Coupal / Fabian Reimair / Miguel Angel Maidana / Rodrigo Pinto / Haruhi Otani / Ken Saruhashi / Minju Kang / Jose María Lorca Menchón 
20 December 1:30pm

Ashley Coupal / Fabian Reimair / Miguel Angel Maidana / Rodrigo Pinto / Haruhi Otani / Ken Saruhashi / Minju Kang / Jakob Wheway Hughes*  
23 December 2:30pm

Swanice Luong / Fabian Reimair / Shunhei  Fuchiyama / Thiago Silva / Emily Suzuki / Erik Woolhouse / Anri Sugiura / Jose María Lorca Menchón
23 December 7:30pm

Carolyne Galvao / Junor Souza / Noam Durand / Eric Snyder / Emma Hawes / Aitor Arrieta / Anna Nevzorova / James Streeter 
24 December 1:30pm

 Swanice Luong / Fabian Reimair / Shunhei Fuchiyama / Thiago Silva / Emily Suzuki / Erik Woolhouse / Yihan Qin* / Jose María Lorca Menchón
27 December 1:30pm

Georgia Bould / James Streeter / Rhys Antoni / Martinho Santos / Emma Hawes / Aitor Arrieta / Hatice Çağla Ertürk / Junor Souza 
27 December 6:30pm

Chloe Keneally / Junor Souza / Gustavo Carvalho / Rhys Antoni / Sangeun Lee / Gareth Haw / Hatice Çağla Ertürk / James Streeter 
28 December 7:30pm

Ashley Coupal / Fabian Reimair / Miguel Angel Maidana / Rodrigo Pinto / Ivana Bueno / Lorenzo Trossello / Yihan Qin / Jose María Lorca Menchón 
29 December 2:30pm

Georgia Bould / James Streeter / Rhys Antoni / Martinho Santos / Emma Hawes / Aitor Arrieta / Emily Suzuki / Jakob Wheway Hughes 
29 December 7:30pm

Anna Ciriano* / Henry Dowden / Thiago Silva / Miguel Angel Maidana / Katja Khaniukova / Daniel McCormick / Hatice Çağla Ertürk / Giorgio Garrett 
30 December 2:30pm

Swanice Luong / Henry Dowden / Shunhei Fuchiyama / Sacha Venkatasawmy / Haruhi Otani / Ken Saruhashi / Yihan Qin / Junor Souza 
30 December 7:30pm

Georgia Bould / James Streeter / Rhys Antoni / Martinho Santos / Ivana Bueno / Lorenzo Trossello / Emily Suzuki / Jakob Wheway Hughes 
31 December 1:30pm

Anna Ciriano / Jose María Lorca Menchón / Thiago Silva / Sacha Venkatasawmy / Minju Kang* / Eric Snyder / Angela Wood Nakaaki / Giorgio Garrett
2 January 2:30pm

Ashley Coupal / Fabian Reimair / Miguel Angel Maidana / Rodrigo Pinto / Ivana Bueno / Lorenzo Trossello / Emily Suzuki / Jakob Wheway Hughes 
2 January 7:30pm

Hatice Çağla Ertürk* / Henry Dowden / Rodrigo Pinto / Noam Durand / Katja Khaniukova / Daniel McCormick / Taela Graff / Junor Souza 
3 January 1:30pm

Georgia Bould / James Streeter / Rhys Antoni / Sacha Venkatasawmy / Haruhi Otani / Ken Saruhashi / Angela Wood Nakaaki / Zai Calliste
3 January 6:30pm

Hatice Çağla Ertürk / Henry Dowden / Rodrigo Pinto / Noam Durand / Katja Khaniukova / Daniel McCormick / Taela Graff / Giorgio Garrett
5 January 7:30pm

Yihan Qin* / Jose María Lorca Menchón / Martinho Santos* / Shunhei Fuchiyama / Anna Nevzorova / Davi Ramos* / Angela Wood Nakaaki / Zai Calliste
6 January 7:30pm

Anna Ciriano / Ken Saruhashi / Thiago Silva / Miguel Angel Maidana / Minju Kang / Eric Snyder / Taela Graff / Giorgio Garrett 
7 January 1:30pm

Hatice Çağla Ertürk / Ken Saruhashi / Rodrigo Pinto / Noam Durand / Ivana Bueno / Lorenzo Trossello / Angela Wood Nakaaki / Zai Calliste 
7 January 6:30pm

Yihan Qin / Jose María Lorca Menchón / Martinho Santos / Shunhei Fuchiyama / Anna Nevzorova / Davi Ramos / Taela Graff / Zai Calliste 
8 January 7:30pm, 10 January 1pm

Anna Ciriano / Henry Dowden / Thiago Silva / Miguel Angel Maidana / Minju Kang / Eric Snyder / Angela Wood Nakaaki / Giorgio Garrett 
9 January 2pm

Hatice Çağla Ertürk / Ken Saruhashi / Rodrigo Pinto / Noam Durand / Katja Khaniukova / Daniel McCormick / Angela Wood Nakaaki / Zai Calliste 
9 January 7pm

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Carmen

In Johan Inger’s fresh take on the iconic story, passion blazes and jealousy burns.

In the roles Carmen and Don José

Sadler’s Wells Theatre

Minju Kang / Rentaro Nakaaki  
7 April 7:30pm, 9 April 7:30pm, 15 April 7:30pm

Emily Suzuki / Aitor Arrieta 
8 April 7:30pm, 10 April 7:30pm, 16 April 7:30pm

Ivana Bueno / TBA 
10 April 2:30pm, 14 April 7:30pm, 17 April 7:30pm

Alice Bellini* / TBA 
13 April 7:30pm, 17 April 2:30pm

The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

Minju Kang / Rentaro Nakaaki  
22 April 7:30pm, 24 April 7:30pm

Emily Suzuki / Aitor Arrieta 
23 April 7:30pm

Ivana Bueno / TBA 
24 April 2:30pm

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Swan Lake in-the-round

The splendour of Derek Deane’s iconic Swan Lake in-the-round on a grand scale.

In the roles Odette/Odile, Prince Siegfried and Rothbart

Royal Albert Hall, London

Sangeun Lee / Gareth Haw / James Streeter 
16 June 7:30pm, 19 June 7:30pm, 25 June 7:30pm

Emma Hawes / Aitor Arrieta / Fabian Reimair 
17 June 7:30pm, 20 June 2:30pm, 26 June 7:30pm

Ivana Bueno / Lorenzo Trossello / TBA 
18 June 7:30pm, 23 June 7:30pm, 26 June 2:30pm

TBA  
19 June 2:30pm, 24 June 2:30pm

Anna Nevzorova* / TBA / Junor Souza 
22 June 7:30pm, 24 June 7:30pm, 27 June 2:30pm

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