A ballet masterpiece is resurrected as Northern Ballet's heart-stopping revival of Romeo & Juliet will tour around the country from March into the autumn with audio described performances at every venue for blind and partially sighted people.



Romeo & Juliet promises to deliver ballet at its most dramatic and intense. With glorious dancing and Prokofiev’s timeless music played live by Northern Ballet Sinfonia, audiences will be invited to rediscover the iconic love story like it’s the very first time.



RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was joined by Pippa Moore MBE, Northern Ballet’s Artistic and Learning Assistant plus Audio Describer to give a flavour and feel to the resurrection of this much loved and award winning Northern Ballet production which premiered in 1991 and this tour will be the first return of the production to the theatre stage in 16 years after the set and costumes were painstakingly restored following a flood which damaged them.



Northern Ballet’s Romeo + Juliet will be audio described at the following venues - 



Leeds Grand Theatre - Saturday 16 March, 2.30pm, Touch Tour, 12.15pm



Sheffield Lyceum Theatre - Saturday 6 April, 2pm, touch tour, 11.45am



Nottingham Theatre Royal - Saturday 4 may, 2.30pm, touch tour, 12.15pm



Norwich Theatre Royal - Saturday 18 May, 2.30pm, touch tour, 12.15pm 



Sadler’s Wells, London - Saturday Saturday 1 June, 2.30pm, touch tour, 12noon



Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon - Thursday 26 and Saturday 28 September, 1.15pm, touch tours TBC



Southampton Mayflower Theatre - Saturday 5 October 2pm, touch tour TBC 



(Other venues may be added to the tour)



For more details about the return of Northern Ballet’s Romeo + Juliet and the audio described performances do visit the access pages of their website - https://northernballet.com/accessible-performances/audio-described-performances





(Image shows a photo from Romeo & Juliet, a male and female figure each dressed in white dancing against a backdrop of blue and golden clouds with a ray of light coming from the upper left)