Virginia Woolf's fractured genius, now with more pirouettes than paragraphs.
The first revival of Wayne McGregor’s critically acclaimed ballet triptych to music by Max Richter, inspired by the works of Virginia Woolf.
Direction
McGregor translates stream-of-consciousness into muscle and momentum.
Score
Max Richter's strings will dismantle your composure. Bring tissues.
Acting
Alessandra Ferri's 52-year-old comeback defies physics and mortality.
Director
Ross MacGibbon
Gillian Anderson
Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice)
Maggie Smith
Reading (voice)
Alessandra Ferri
I Now, I Then / Tuesday
Federico Bonelli
I Now, I Then / Tuesday
Gary Avis
I Now, I Then / Becomings
Francesca Hayward
I Now, I Then / Becomings
Beatriz Stix-Brunell
I Now, I Then / Becomings
Edward Watson
I Now, I Then / Becomings
Akane Takada
I Now, I Then / Becomings
Calvin Richardson
I Now, I Then / Becomings
Matthew Ball
Becomings
Paul Kay
Becomings
Sarah Lamb
Becomings / Tuesday
Steven McRae
Becomings
Natalia Osipova
Becomings
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This ballet helped reopen the Royal Opera House after its 2015 closure, making it essentially a national grief ritual in tights.
Maggie Smith recorded her Woolf readings while filming Downton Abbey, meaning Violet Crawley and Virginia Woolf share the same vocal cords.
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