Royal Ballet

Woolf Works

In Cinemas 14, 15 & 18 Mar 2026
Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Cast
Natalia Osipova (Clarissa/Woolf), Patricio Revé (Richard), Sae Maeda (Young Clarissa), William Bracewell (Peter), Leticia Dias (Sally), Marcelino Sambé (Septimus), Akane Takada (Rezia), Marco Masciari (Evans), Marianna Hovanisyan (Soprano)
Music
Max Richter
Choreography
Wayne McGregor
Designs
Ciguë, We Not I & Wayne McGregor
Duration
3h3 incl. 2 intervals
Captured live from Covent Garden, London, 9 Feb 2026
Official Event Listing
  • Continues to wield emotive power. McGregor’s 2015 work has become part of the furniture at the Royal Ballet – it’s a wonderfully designed handclasp between form and feeling, chasing brainbox ideas with electric sensation and heartsick richness.
    David Jays, THE STANDARD
    It doesn't disappoint. McGregor at his strongest: embracing tensions between narrative, expression and embodiment, between words and movement, resonating with the need to question what and how dance does.
    Lucía Piquero, GRAMILANO
    McGregor, in collaboration with Max Richter’s music, reaches poetic depths, managing to catch the essence of the deep-thinking author whose emotional antennae never stopped twitching.
    Maggie Foyer, BACHTRACK

Ballet in three acts (2015)

Virginia Woolf defied literary conventions to depict rich inner worlds – her heightened, startling and poignant reality.

Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor (recently announced as the recipient of the 2026 Oliver Award for Outstanding Contribution to Dance) leads a luminous artistic team to evoke Woolf’s signature stream of consciousness writing style in this immense meditation on the passage of time, the echoes of memory and the ghosts of death, set to an immersive original score by Max Richter.

A collage of themes from Mrs Dalloway, Orlando, The Waves and Woolf’s other writings, this Olivier-award winning ballet triptych captures the heart of her uniquely artistic spirit.

Sydney (Moore Park) patrons please note: The screening scheduled for Wed 18 March is unable to proceed, and has been replaced with a screening on Friday 20 March. Apologies for any inconvenience. [updated 4/3/26]

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