Royal Ballet Live – Giselle

The Royal Ballet
Giselle
Live screening, 210 mins tbc, intervals tbc

Giselle kills herself in despair when she discovers her true love, Albrecht, is promised to another. Her spirit joins the Wilis: the vengeful ghosts of women hell-bent on killing any man who crosses their path in a dance to the death. Wracked with guilt, Albrecht visits Giselle’s grave, where he must face the Wilis – and Giselle’s ghost. This quintessential Romantic ballet is set to Adolphe Adam’s evocative score and, with atmospheric designs by John Macfarlane, conjures up the earthly and otherworldly realms in a tale of love, betrayal and redemption.