BALLET lovers in more than 500 UK cinemas, including the Wellesley in Wellington, can watch Romeo and Juliet live from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden next week.

Royal Ballet principal dancers Matthew Ball and Yasmine Naghdi (pictured) dance the young lovers Romeo and Juliet in Kenneth MacMillan’s 20th Century balletic reworking of Shakespeare’s great romantic play, set in 16th Century

Verona.

Romeo and Juliet is broadcast live on Tuesday (June 11) at 7.15pm. The ballet lasts three hours, including two intervals.