Pointe Shoes Postcard PackStep inside the hidden world of the Royal Ballet Shoe Department with this beautiful pack of ten A6 postcards, each featuring richly detailed images of pointe shoes. These postcards celebrate the craftsmanship, skill and quiet artistry behind every performancewhere each pair of shoes is carefully stored, or coloured by hand to perfectly match a dancers costume and role. The images reveal a rarely seen side of life backstage at the Royal Ballet.

and iconic music to create one of the most famous and enduring works of the maestro's catalogue

The Prince: Anthony Dowell

Choreography: Peter Wright

"As a programme this strikes me as an excellent triple bill as diverse in its emotional range as it is accomplished in its technical excellence from every department

Dolby Atmos (Cav & Pag)

Gounod’s masterpiece is given the grandest of Royal Opera stagings in David McVicar’s richly layered and theatrically exuberant production

She dreams of playing the piano like an angel

Tree branch design inspired by Das Rheingold

The luscious score

Natalia Makarova's acclaimed production of this 19th-century classic ballet brings an exotic world of temple dancers and noble warriors to life

In this engaging memoir

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House