RB&O: Carmen

The Royal Ballet & Opera bring Carmen to the Connaught Cinema on Sunday 15 November, part of the Royal Ballet & Opera Cinema Season 2026/27 which screens the company's stage productions on the big screen. This one is presented as part of Worthing Theatres and Museum's Screen Arts film series, so it's a cinema screening of a stage production rather than a live performance in town.

It's Damiano Michieletto's production, which he describes as casting a scorching light on the lust, violence and destructive desire of Bizet's opera, with the fiercely independent heroine at the centre and the oppressive heat of the Spanish sun as her backdrop. It follows his 2023 Royal Opera debut. The cast is led by Ginger Costa-Jackson in the title role, with Russell Thomas as the jealous and despairing Don José. Adriana González sings Micaëla and Alexander Vinogradov takes on Escamillo, with Sesto Quatrini conducting. It's sung in French with English subtitles, so you'll hear the original language with the translation on screen.

The screening runs about 3 hours and 35 minutes, including one interval, and is certified 12A. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult, and under-14s after 5pm. Tickets start from £10 plus a £0.75 transaction fee, with a £5 ticket available for first-time ROH bookers and concession tickets for under-25s. It starts at 2:00pm at the Connaught Cinema, Worthing.