Advance Screenings Saturday 5/9 & Sunday 6/9! All Tickets $15.00! The Paw Patrol lands on a mysterious dinosaur island after a storm, where they meet Rex, a stranded pup. When Humdinger's reckless mining triggers a volcano, the team faces their biggest rescue mission yet to save the island. Stars: Mckenna Grace, Terry Crews, Jameela Jamil, Snoop Dogg
A multi generational family of witches, cursed to be loveless for centuries, attempts to break the spell by confronting dark secrets and sacrificing for each other. Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing.
Limited Season, All Tickets $13! Re-visit the world of Panem before The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping enters cinemas with the 2012 hit The Hunger Games. Screening Friday 11/9 & Saturday 12/9 at 7.45pm and Sunday 13/9 at 1.45pm, Tickets on sale now! Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death. Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth.
Don't miss out on a special Q&A Screening of THE VALLEY, Sunday September 13 at 2pm, Adults $22, Concessions $20 - On sale here
Surrounded by dramatic cliffs and accessed by steep, winding roads that add to the sense of seclusion, this wholly observational documentary skilfully captures the Kangaroo Valley community, from artists to artisans, farmers to builders, council workers to shopkeepers. Many locals spend their working days in quiet solitude, whether milking cows or baking bread. Institutions and traditions, from carnivals to volunteer firefighting, sustain and enrich this rural community, fulfilling a yearning for human contact and a shared belonging.
Magical Morning Tea Screening of Practical Magic 2. Wednesday September 16, Doors Open 10am followed by Screening at 10.30am. All Tickets $13 (including light morning tea). TICKETS ON SALE HERE! A multi generational family of witches, cursed to be loveless for centuries, attempts to break the spell by confronting dark secrets and sacrificing for each other.
While celebrating their last night together, Jo and Raissa stumble upon a mysterious portal that transports them to the fantastical island of Nakali, packed with magical and mythological creatures they grew up hearing stories about. Stars: Liza Soberano, H.E.R., Dave Franco, Lea Salonga
French Language with English Subtitles. Commissaire Maigret investigates the murder of a former ambassador in the Quai d'Orsay, and its connection to a decades long affair with a recently widowed princess. Stars Denis Podalydès, Anne Alvaro, Manuel Guillot, Irène Jacob
From the mind of visionary filmmaker Zach Cregger (Weapons, Barbarian) comes a thrilling — and terrifying — reinvention of the Resident Evil franchise. In an all-new story, a medical courier who unwittingly finds himself in an action-packed, non-stop race for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos. Stars: Austin Abrams, Paul Walter Hauser, Zach Cherry
Free community event screening of the documentary Tallaganda, followed by a Q&A featuring the films Director David Gallan. Wednesday September 23 at 6pm, Free Admission - Click here to book. Winner of the Best Documentary at the Far South Film Festival in 2026, Tallaganda features the conservation issues of the endangered greater glider, the academics who work to understand them and the activists seeking to protect their habitat in Tallaganda, Badja and Glenbog State Forests which are still under threat from industrial scale logging. The logging of Australia's south east forests is one of the largest and longest national environmental conflicts.
After enduring years of catastrophic product failures at the hands of ACME, Inc., Wile E. Coyote (Genius) finally fights back. Teaming up with billboard accident lawyer Kevin Avery (Will Forte), he takes on slick corporate counsel Buddy Crane (John Cena) and ACME, Inc., the profit-obsessed conglomerate behind every one of the Coyote’s chaotic catastrophes. Also, there’s a roadrunner. And dynamite. Stars: John Cena, Lana Condor, Will Forte
After a harrowing plane crash, Special Forces officer James Belmont (Brad Pitt) and his combat dog, Odin, find themselves stranded deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Together, they are forced into a brutal fight for survival against the elements. From acclaimed filmmaker David Ayer, Heart of the Beast is an intense adventure thriller that explores the unbreakable bond between a man and his best friend as they face their greatest battle yet. Stars: Brad Pitt, J.K. Simmons, Anna Lambe
Special Father's Day Screening on Sunday September 6 at 11.30am. All Tickets $15, and are on sale NOW. Advance Screenings Saturday 19/9 & Sunday 20/9! SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF MOSSY BOTTOM sees the residents of Mossy Bottom Farm looking forward to Halloween – until the clumsy Farmer trashes the Flock’s beloved pumpkin patch! When Shaun turns MAD SCIENTIST to fix the problem, things rapidly spiral out of control... With The Farmer missing and a wild beast roaming the woods of Mossingham, all the ingredients are in place for a monstrously fun family adventure. Stars: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Kate Harbour
When a monstrous creature escapes from a melting iceberg, a self-doubting teenage humpback whale must face his fears and dive into the darkest depths with his friends...Stars: Vincent Tong, Lisa Ortiz, Bruce Dinsmore
The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's saviour before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything. Stars: Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller
Based on the novel by Colleen Hoover. Lowen Ashleigh gets hired by Jeremy Crawford to ghostwrite novels for his bestselling author wife Verity, who's unable to finish after an accident. Lowen uncovers Verity's disturbing truths while residing at the Crawfords' home to work. Stars: Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett.
Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière’s classic dark comedy. Telling the truth isn’t always that simple. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies of modern society. But the more she challenges those around her, the fiercer the backlash becomes. Soon, she must confront the price of speaking her truth in a world that would rather silence her. Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham directs Martin Crimp’s (Cyrano de Bergerac) highly anticipated play.
Screening Saturday 3 October & Sunday 4 October 2026 at 1.00pm
Adults: $25.00, Concessions: $23.00.
A companion piece to the hit film The Social Network, Sorkin’s original screenplay is based on the events that gave rise to the Wall Street Journal’s shocking exposé The Facebook Files. The film is inspired by the true story of how a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets. Stars: Jeremy Strong, Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White
From Focus Features and Working Title comes an irresistible new take on Jane Austen’s iconic Sense and Sensibility: a charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood. Stars: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles, George MacKay
Following the death of his father (Josh Brolin), Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of oxygen left, Jay comes to realize that the hard-earned lessons his father imparted may be the key to his escape. Stars: Josh Brolin, Austin Abrams, Elisabeth Shue
Tickets are now on sale for a Fundraiser Screening of Lee (2024), Presented by ArtsNational Bowral and Districts for Philanthropy for the year - funding the Eva Pascoe award for Highlands Music Collective, supporting young musicians of the Southern Highlands. Tuesday October 20 at 2pm - All Tickets $30 (includes Choc Top) on sale HERE. Oscar winner Kate Winslet stars in this fascinating portrait of the great American war correspondent Lee Miller, whose singular talent and ferocious tenacity gave us some of the 20th century’s most indelible images.
Morning Tea Screening of Sense and Sensibility. Wednesday October 21 at 10.30am. All Tickets $13 (including light morning tea). TICKETS ON SALE HERE! From Focus Features and Working Title comes an irresistible new take on Jane Austen’s iconic Sense and Sensibility: a charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles.
Sparkling, dizzying, and deliciously potent, Fallen Angels, Noël Coward’s champagne-fresh comedy of bad manners, shocked and delighted audiences at its 1925 premiere. Two upper-class wives, their husbands away for the day, share a few toasts to their pre-marital dalliances—with the same man, who just may be en route from France to visit.
Screening Saturday 24 October & Sunday 25 October 2026 at 1.00pm
Adults: $25.00, Concessions: $23.00.
In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether. Stars: Andrew Scott, Kerry Condon, Brendan Fraser
An affable fox hunter encounters a shape-shifting fox who offers him an opportunity to transform his partner into the perfect woman and in doing so take control. Stars Sam Neill, Olivia Colman, Jai Courtney, Emily Browning, Miranda Otto
A blessing and a challenge for every major opera house, ‘La traviata’ holds a special place in La Scala’s history, marked by the legendary 1953 production conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, directed by Luchino Visconti, and starring Maria Callas. That iconic interpretation seemed untouchable until 1990, when Riccardo Muti commissioned a new, lavish production from director Liliana Cavani, with sets by Dante Ferretti and costumes by Gabriella Pescucci. This evocative and poetic staging returns in 2026 under Michele Gamba, with an unmissable cast: the charismatic Nadine Sierra as the courtesan Violetta, Piero Pretti as the idealistic Alfredo with whom she falls in love, and Boris Pinkhasovich as Giorgio Germont, whose intervention changes the course of their lives.
Screening Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 November 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 11 November 2026 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Save the date for The Empire's 2026 Italian Film Festival!
Friday 13, Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 November 2026.
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New Production! You’ll see me again, I’ll see you again… Rossini’s heroic melodrama returns to the Rome Opera in a new staging by Emma Dante, with Michele Mariotti on the podium and Carlo Vistoli in the title role. Set in medieval Syracuse, the opera follows the exiled knight Tancredi, who secretly returns to defend his city and reclaim his love, Amenaide (Martina Russomanno), wrongly accused of betraying her people. A misinterpreted letter sparks jealousy, political intrigue and a death sentence, as Tancredi is driven to fight for Amenaide’s honour even while believing her unfaithful. Rossini’s luminous early score, heard here in the opera’s tragic Ferrara ending, meets Dante’s striking “theatre of puppets” imagery to create a visually bold, emotionally charged staging where love and loyalty are tested to the limit.
Screening Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 November 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 18 November 2026 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will revisit the world of Panem twenty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell. Stars: Mckenna Grace, Elle Fanning, Jesse Plemons, Ralph Fiennes.
Josh O’Connor (The Crown; Challengers) leads the cast in this searing revival of Clifford Odets’ knockout American classic. 1930s New York, at the height of the Depression. Joe Bonaparte is a gifted young violinist with a future in music, until a chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional boxing. He must confront what he’s willing to sacrifice, who he’s willing to become and how to find his place in a world that demands he choose a side. Brought to life with a live string quartet and filmed live from the Almeida Theatre. Olivier Award-winner Sam Yates (Vanya) directs this propulsive drama exploring ambition, identity, and the high price of success.
Screening Saturday 21 November & Sunday 22 November 2026 at 1.00pm
Adults: $25.00, Concessions: $23.00.
A life of luxury… or love? In the seedy underbelly of 18th-century Paris, money is king. Nothing is sacred – even love itself can be bought for the right price. A native of this hedonistic underworld, Manon is caught between twin desires when she falls in love with the student Des Grieux. Steadfast and devoted, he offers the possibility of an honourable life. Yet, the riches promised by the world of Parisian society remain tempting...
Manon’s inner turmoil and struggle for survival lie at the devastating heart of Kenneth MacMillan’s 1974 adaptation of Abbé Prévost’s novel. In this signature work of The Royal Ballet, MacMillan’s nuanced understanding of human psychology makes for an unflinching look into the moral degradation of Manon’s Paris, while all its decadence and decay are brought to life through Jules Massenet’s score and Nicholas Georgiadis’s designs.
Screening Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 November 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 25 November 2026 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
A young man named Henry, son of Greg and Pam Focker, faces family chaos when he decides to marry a strong-willed woman who appears to be his complete mismatch. Stars: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Ariana Grande
GIANT, the 5-star critically acclaimed play starring John Lithgow (Killers of the Flower Moon, The Crown) as Roald Dahl, comes to the big screen. Winner of 3 Olivier Awards® including Best Play and a Tony Award® for Best Actor in a Play (John Lithgow), the production was filmed live in London’s West End ahead of its sold-out Broadway run.
Screening Saturday 28 November & Sunday 29 November 2026 at 1.00pm
Adults: $25.00, Concessions: $23.00.
Raised to mythic status by Shakespeare, the story of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ waited until the 20th century to find its definitive ballet incarnation in Sergei Prokofiev’s sweeping score. Rudolf Nureyev’s legendary 1984 production for the Paris Opera Ballet translates this brilliant, energetic music into a richly detailed, strikingly cinematic vision. His choreography follows Romeo (étoile Paul Marque) on his journey into manhood through his encounter with a fiercely passionate Juliet (étoile Sae Eun Park), whose own rush into adulthood ends in tragedy. Lavish ball scenes, headstrong youthful clashes and thrilling duels unfold against opulent Italian Renaissance sets, giving physical and emotional depth to the lovers’ struggle against the age-old feud that divides their families and seals their fate.
Screening Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 December 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 9 December 2026 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Under the oppressive heat of the Spanish sun, the fiercely independent Carmen attracts the attention of Don José. She warns him not to fall in love with her, but his obsession knows no bounds.
Damiano Michieletto’s searing production returns, casting scorching light on the lust, violence and destructive desire of Bizet’s ever-popular opera. An all-star cast brings this white-hot drama to life, with Ginger Costa-Jackson in the fiery title role, alongside Russell Thomas as the jealous and despairing Don José. Following his 2023 Royal Opera debut, Sesto Quatrini returns to conduct Bizet’s electrifying and sensual score.
Screening Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 December 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 16 December 2026 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
The Avengers, Wakandans, New Avengers, Fantastic Four and the X-Men converge from different multiverses to face Doctor Doom. Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Pedro Pascal, Chris Hemsworth, Vanessa Kirby.
Emperor Paul Atreides faces the fallout from his ascent to power as political plots and a galaxy-wide holy war endanger the future only he can see. Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh.
Special Xmas encore screenings! At a cosy Christmas party, young Clara meets the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer, who gives her a nutcracker doll. When the guests have departed and the house is asleep, Clara sneaks downstairs in search of the doll. Instead, she finds Drosselmeyer, who whisks her away on a journey into a whole world of enchantment: fantastical landscapes of flurried snow and glittering confection where toys come alive and the magic never stops.
Peter Wright’s production of this festive family favourite sparkles to the wondrous swell of Tchaikovsky’s orchestral score, alongside the glow and grandeur of Julia Trevelyan Oman’s period designs.
Screening Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 December 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 23 December 2026 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
All Tickets $10! The Empire's favourite action hero returns after a sold out session last year for one night only again in our Christmas Eve screening of THE BEST Christmas movie ever - Die Hard! December 24 6:30pm - Tickets on sale HERE! John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save his wife Holly Gennaro and several others that were taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during Christmas party. Stars: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia.
New Production! La Scala’s gala season opening is always a glittering highlight of the international opera calendar and one of the most closely watched premieres of the year. This season, Myung-whun Chung inaugurates his first year as Music Director with Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece ‘Otello’, composed for La Scala in 1887 to a libretto by Arrigo Boito. The opera traces the downfall of the Moorish general Otello (Brian Jagde), his devoted wife Desdemona (Eleonora Buratto) and his ensign Iago (Luca Salsi), whose insidious lies ignite jealousy, fracture trust and drive the lovers towards catastrophe. In his eighth staging for La Scala – and his first season-opening premiere – Damiano Michieletto explores the human fragility and inner conflicts at the heart of the drama.
Screening Saturday 30 & Sunday 31 January 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 3 February 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Encore Screenings! During his birthday celebration, Prince Siegfried (Paul Marque) is expected to choose a bride. Longing to escape reality, he imagines an ideal love, while his tutor tries to bring him back down to earth and remind him of his duty. On a dreamlike escape, the prince meets Odette (Sae Eun Park), a princess transformed into a swan by the sorcerer Rothbart (Pablo Legasa); only true love can break the spell. Captivated, Siegfried promises Odette he will save her and invites her to his court. To trap the prince, the sorcerer sends his daughter Odile, disguised as Odette, to seduce him. Rudolf Nureyev’s legendary production for the Paris Opera Ballet lends this classic tale dramatic psychological depth and showcases the company’s world-class virtuosity, from grand ensemble scenes to the iconic white-act pas de deux.
Screening Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 February 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 10 February 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
New Production! Verdi’s final opera returns to the Teatro Costanzi in a sparkling new production by award-winning director Tatjana Gürbaca, conducted by Michele Mariotti and led by one of today’s foremost Verdi baritones, Luca Salsi, as the irrepressible Sir John Falstaff. Inspired by Shakespeare’s ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ and ‘Henry IV’, the opera follows the ageing, cash-strapped knight as he plots to seduce two resourceful wives to restore his fortunes – only to become the target of their brilliantly orchestrated revenge. As jealous husbands, quick-witted women and young lovers collide, Verdi’s late style fizzes with razor-sharp ensembles, flowing lyricism and a jubilant final fugue that wryly reminds us that “tutto nel mondo è burla” – everything in the world is a joke.
Screening Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 February 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 17 February 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
It was on the stage of the Palais Garnier that Rudolf Nureyev first revealed himself to Western audiences in 1961 as a dancer, and on this same stage that he greeted the public for the last time in 1992 as a choreographer, with ‘La Bayadère’. Adapted from Petipa's original, the work reflects Nureyev’s taste for flamboyance. In an imaginary India, where an elephant parades before the rajah’s palace and a golden idol performs a fan dance, a thwarted love unfolds between the warrior Solor (Hugo Marchand) and the bayadère Nikiya (Dorothée Gilbert), a temple dancer. A jewel in the crown of the Paris Opera’s repertoire, La Bayadère dazzles with virtuoso variations, spectacular ensembles and the purity of its “Kingdom of the Shades” scene, during which 32 dancers in white tutus slowly trace their arabesques with a poetry bordering on magic.
Screening Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 February 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 24 February 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
New Production! An earth in ruin. The twilight of the Gods. Deception leads to treachery, then devastation, when Siegfried is tricked into betraying Brünnhilde. Learning the truth of her beloved’s innocence, Brünnhilde at last returns the ring to the Rhinemaidens, before ordering that Valhalla be swallowed in flames.
For the long-awaited finale of Wagner’s epic saga, director Barrie Kosky situates the rich apocalyptic drama in a contemporary world of dream-like turmoil. Antonio Pappano, Conductor Laureate of The Royal Opera, returns to take on the impassioned, otherworldly music – including Siegfried’s transporting Funeral March and Brünnhilde’s electrifying Immolation Scene. The brilliant cast is led by Elisabet Strid, Andreas Schager and Mika Kares, who together with the full forces of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the Royal Opera Chorus bring opera’s greatest journey to its shattering end.
Screening Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 February 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 3 March 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Special Presentation! Combining religious grandeur with operatic drama and passion, Giuseppe Verdi’s towering choral masterpiece ‘Messa da Requiem’ is an exhilarating, deeply compelling exploration of grief and devotion, with writing of equal brilliance for chorus and soloists alike. This stirring La Scala performance, conducted by maestro Riccardo Chailly and featuring Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Gubanova, Fabio Sartori and Michele Pertusi, reveals the work’s full emotional and sonic power. From the whispered supplication of the “Requiem aeternam” to the thunderous terror of the “Dies irae” and the luminous beauty of the “Lacrimosa,” Verdi’s mighty score surges with operatic intensity and spiritual fervour. An unmissable encounter with one of the great sacred works of the nineteenth century.
Screening Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 March 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 17 March 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
For his first choreography at the Paris Opera in 1965, Roland Petit created a colourful fresco, as theatrical as it is intense, from Victor Hugo’s lavish novel. Between the four central characters – Esmeralda (Amandine Albisson) in love with Captain Phoebus (Antonio Conforti); Frollo (Pablo Legasa) tormented by desire; and the hunchback Quasimodo (Hugo Marchand) – the tale unfolds against a medieval backdrop populated by a fickle crowd, shifting from elation to cruelty. Combining neoclassical language with the spirit of music hall, Petit (who starred as the original Quasimodo) surrounded himself with leading creative artists of his time: Maurice Jarre for the music, René Allio for the sets and Yves Saint Laurent for the costumes, which he wanted to be “as colourful as the stained-glass windows of a cathedral”.
Screening Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 March 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 24 March 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Spurred on by a bet, two young men hatch a plan to test the fidelity of their girlfriends. What follows is a slippery game of seduction and power, the four lovers plunging into a dizzying world of shifting reality, where truth becomes increasingly unstable. Così fan tutte has lost none of its sting since it first scandalised audiences in 1790. In her Main Stage debut, Netia Jones, Associate Director of The Royal Opera, reimagines Mozart’s comedy of manners through a sharp contemporary lens, where 18th-century romantic trickery meets deeply satirical high-tech deceit. Taking on the roles of the lovers is an exciting young cast led by Louise Alder, Simone McIntosh, Mingjie Lei and Huw Montague Rendall, with Gerald Finley as their manipulative game-master Don Alfonso and Emily Pogorelc as Despina. Thomas Hengelbrock conducts, bringing out the exquisite melodies that underpin the provocative, and resolutely modern, themes at the heart of the opera.
Screening Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 April 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 7 April 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00.
At a garden party on a sunny afternoon, Alice is surprised to see her parents’ friend Lewis Carroll transform into a white rabbit. When she follows him down a rabbit hole, events become curiouser and curiouser…As Alice journeys through Wonderland, she encounters countless strange creatures. She’s swept off her feet by the charming Knave of Hearts, who’s on the run for stealing the tarts. Confusion piles upon confusion. Then Alice wakes with a start. Was it all a daydream? Joby Talbot’s score combines contemporary soundworlds with sweeping melodies that gesture to ballet scores of the 19th century. Bob Crowley’s wildly imaginative, eye-popping designs draw on everything from puppetry to projections to make Wonderland wonderfully real. The result shows The Royal Ballet at its best, bringing together world-class dance with enchanting family entertainment and ingenious music and design.
Screening Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 April 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 21 April 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00.
New Production! Who is Don Juan, known in Mozart’s opera as Don Giovanni? The question remains unanswered, for this figure – sometimes a “great lord and wicked man”, sometimes a seducer or a predator – resists definition. In his opera with librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart leaves the character’s contradictions unresolved, forging the myth through expressive power and depth. The story follows the unrepentant nobleman, sung by baritone Peter Mattei, whose pursuit of pleasure ensnares servants, aristocrats and lovers with fatal consequences. From the overture and the catalogue aria to the climactic dinner with the Commendatore, this dramma giocoso leaves no one unmoved. For her Paris debut, Louisa Proske sets the action in a grand hotel, where social structures can be transgressed and fantasies surface.
Screening Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 April 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 28 April 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
New Production! From Naples’ historic Teatro di San Carlo, where ‘Luisa Miller’ was originally premiered and where it now opens the 2026 operatic season, comes a new production of Verdi’s soaring dramatic gem from acclaimed director Davide Livermore, with Daniel Oren conducting a cast of outstanding Verdian voices. This gripping opera tells the story of Luisa (Italian soprano Mariangela Sicilia), a young woman whose faith and love are tested by the ambitions and intrigues that surround her. Her devotion to her father and her beloved Rodolfo (internationally sought-after tenor Piotr Beczała, making his Naples debut) is set against a backdrop of class prejudice, manipulation and moral compromise. Salvatore Cammarano's libretto is inspired by Friedrich Schiller’s vision of theatre as a “moral institution” that exposes injustice and vice.
Screening Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 May 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 12 May 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Princess Odette is bound by a curse, turned into a swan by the evil sorcerer Von Rothbart. The spell can only be broken by a pledge of eternal love. When she meets Prince Siegfried, he is immediately enamoured by her fragile beauty and pledges to free her. But freedom is not promised for Odette as Von Rothbart conspires to thwart the lovers’ plans.
Liam Scarlett’s production for The Royal Ballet brings together Tchaikovsky’s towering score and John Macfarlane’s picturesque designs to create an enduring ballet spectacle of love, treachery and forgiveness.
Screening Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 May 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 19 May 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But when Cavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police. At the mercy of Scarpia’s twisted desires, Tosca is forced to make a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates, in order to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out?
Oliver Mears’s acclaimed production returns, setting Puccini’s operatic thriller in a contemporary, war-torn Rome. Daniel Oren conducts Aleksandra Kurzak, who returns to the title role, joined by Saimir Pirgu as Cavaradossi and Christopher Maltman as Baron Scarpia.
Screening Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 June 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 9 June 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Encore screenings! The Capulets and Montagues are sworn enemies. Yet it is love at first sight for Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet when they meet each other at the Capulet ball, into which Romeo has snuck. The two fall in love and they profess their devotion to each other at Juliet’s balcony. They secretly get married. The stakes are raised for the young couple when Romeo avenges the death of his friend Mercutio who has been killed by Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. For this, Romeo is exiled from Verona. Meanwhile, Juliet’s parents are forcing her to marry another suitor. In order to be together, Romeo and Juliet must risk it all.
Screening Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 June 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 23 June 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
New Production! Ralph Fiennes’ acclaimed debut opera staging, filmed live during an eleven-performance, sold-out Paris run, now comes to cinemas. When shy Tatiana (Ruzan Mantashyan) first meets the aloof Eugene Onegin (Boris Pinkhasovich), she is instantly captivated. Overcoming her reserve, she writes him a heartfelt declaration of love, only to be rejected and subjected to a cold lecture. Years later, after a duel, Onegin finally realises he loves Tatiana, now the wife of Prince Gremin (Alexander Tsymbalyuk). Will she yield to his advances? Fascinated by Russian culture and attuned to the dramatic intensity of Tchaikovsky’s music, Fiennes’ elegant, restrained staging - paired with Semyon Bychkov's incisive musical direction - lets the characters’ emotions emerge in all their modern complexity.
Screening Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 July 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 7 July 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
A story of love, betrayal and redemption, set between joyful village celebrations and the white throng of merciless wilis, ‘Giselle’, the quintessential Romantic ballet, continues to move audiences with its delicate story and the contrast between a sunlit world and a dark realm of spirits. The La Scala Ballet revives the unforgettable Coralli-Perrot choreography in Yvette Chauviré’s refined version, first premiered at the theatre in 1950 with her as the ill-fated young peasant girl who dreamed of love and lived to dance. With Aleksandr Benois’s classic designs, ‘Giselle’ remains a cornerstone of La Scala’s history, performed by its artists around the world and infused with new life and emotion in each revival.
Screening Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 July 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 21 July 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
New Production! Acclaimed director Rafael R. Villalobos and conductor Michele Mariotti bring Stravinsky’s darkly comic opera to Rome for its first new staging in almost sixty years, with a distinguished cast. Bored Tom Rakewell (Lawrence Brownlee) abandons his devoted Anne Trulove (Rosalia Cid) after the enigmatic Nick Shadow (Alex Esposito) promises him a life of pleasure in London. As this shadowy figure leads him from fortune and fame to a grotesque marriage of convenience with Baba the Turk (Daniela Barcellona), Tom hurtles through surreal misadventures, his soul hanging in the balance. Stravinsky’s neoclassical fable, set to a libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, traces the rake’s fall into moral ruin with wit and lyrical poise, ending in a shattering final reckoning.
Screening Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 July 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 28 July 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Special Presentation! Anissa Bonnefont’s atmospheric documentary, following 900 artists, staff and technicians at La Scala over three months as they race to stage a new production of Verdi’s ‘La forza del destino’ for the theatre’s traditional 7 December Opening Night gala. Milan – and Italy – holds its breath. Inside La Scala’s creative hive, stage director Leo Muscato readies his vision with the design teams as the chorus and orchestra rehearse under maestro Riccardo Chailly and theatre staff prepare the 250‑year‑old venue. Anticipation builds with the arrival of the star international cast – among them Anna Netrebko and Ludovic Tézier – while backstage tension mounts as opening night approaches: will they be ready when the curtain rises?
Screening Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 August 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 11 August 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
