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Romeo and Juliet Francesca Hayward
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Footwork Films invites you to experience a brand-new reimagining of the best-known love story of all time. Set to a unique recording of Sergei Prokofiev’s original score, International Emmy award-winning Michael Nunn and William Trevitt restage and direct Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s remarkable choreography in an audacious first in contemporary filmmaking. 

 

The cinematic costume drama features the current generation of stars of The Royal Ballet, internationally known as the strongest actor-dancers in the world, starring William Bracewell as Romeo and Francesca Hayward as Juliet in their feature film debuts.

 

This is the extraordinary story that everyone knows, presented like never before - a unique work of art. 

As members of the feuding Capulet and Montague families, Romeo and Juliet should be sworn enemies, but they fall deeply in love and marry in secret. That very day, disastrous circumstances lead Romeo to fight and kill Juliet's cousin Tybalt, setting off a chain of events that culminate in tragedy. Juliet takes a potion to avoid the love-match her parents have set up for her, and Romeo, believing she is dead, poisons himself. When she wakes from her deep sleep, Juliet finds the body of her love, and is so distraught that she stabs herself, joining him in death.

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The Film
CAST
ROMEO
JULIET
TYBALT
MERCUTIO
BENVOLIO
PARIS
LORD CAPULET
LADY CAPULET
NURSE
FRIAR LAURENCE
William Bracewell
Francesca Hayward
Matthew Ball
Marcelino Sambé
James Hay
Tomas Mock
Christopher Saunders
Kristen McNally
Romany Pajdak
Bennet Gartside
The Stars

Tierney Heap, Laura Morera, Beatriz Stix-Brunell

Meaghan Grace-Hinkis, Elizabeth Harrod,

Mayara Magri, Anna Rose O’Sullivan, 

Gemma Pitchley Gale, Leticia Stock

Fumi Kaneko

Sian Murphy

Thomas Whitehead

Gary Avis

Luca Acri, Tristan Dyer, Benjamin Ella, Paul Kay,

Fernando Montano

 

Grace Blundell, Mica Bradbury, Annette Buvoli, Ashley Dean, Leticia Dias, Isabella Gasparini, Hannah Grennell, Nathalie Harrison, Chisato Katsura, Isabel Lubach, Sae Maeda, Demelza Parish, Julia Roscoe, Mariko Sasaki, Gina Storm-Jensen, Charlotte Tonkinson, Lara Turk

 

Lukas Brændsrød, Leo Dixon, David Donnelly, Teo Dubreuil, Kevin Emerton, Erico Montes, Calvin Richardson

 

Harry Churches, Giacomo Rovero, Joseph Sissens, David Yudes

Sean Flanagan, Edward Pearce, Anna Poltorak, Harry Price, Bradley Waller, Rudi Nunn

The Trailer
CREATIVES
A FILM BY
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
PRODUCER
PRODUCER
PRODUCER
CHOREOGRAPHY
MUSIC
DESIGN
 
Michael Nunn and William Trevitt
Michael Nunn
William Trevitt
Kevin O'Hare
Jan Younghusband
Judit Sós
Michael Nunn
William Trevitt
Kwesi Dickson
Kenneth MacMillan
Sergei Prokofiev
Nicholas Georgiadis
A FILM BY Michael Nunn and William Trevitt
DIRECTOR Michael Nunn
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY William Trevitt
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Kevin O'Hare
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jan Younghusband
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Judit Sós
PRODUCER Michael Nunn
PRODUCER William Trevitt
PRODUCER Kwesi Dickson
CHOREOGRAPHY Kenneth MacMillan
MUSIC Sergei Prokofiev
DESIGN Nicholas Georgiadis
 
The Creators
The Score
The score for Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words is a 90-minute cut of Sergei Prokofiev’s original score from 1938, completely unique to the film. It was recorded at AIR Studios in Hampstead, London, with the Orchestra of The Royal Opera House. The 85 players were conducted by the renowned Royal Opera House Music Director Koen Kessels, and the Concert Master was Vasko Vassilev. 
SCORE
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Gallery
CONTACT

Michael Nunn & William Trevitt

Directors

Nike van Schie

Assistant

nike@footworkfilmsltd.com

07950 826947

Contact
QUOTES
"Shot on location with lashings of fighting and flirting, Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words is a vibrant, up-close take on one of the Royal Ballet’s best-loved gems…It’s exciting, romantic, tragic and convincing."
The Guardian
"It reveals Hayward both as a luminous screen presence and as an astonishingly lyrical, heartfelt Juliet, a dancer who illuminates the traditional steps and makes them live and breathe."
The Times
"Will change the way people see classical ballet."
Radio Times
"A fresh, dynamic take on a familiar favourite."
Financial Times
"Ballet for 21st Century audiences."
Culture Whisper
"All the cinematic glamour that we could ever dream of."
Dance Magazine
"Injects new realism and intimacy into the classic work without sacrificing the grandeur and drama."
KQED
"Something like this has never been done before. It was just an incredible experience – when we left the set it was like we were leaving the town we made loads of memories in.”
Francesca Hayward
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