Birmingham Royal Ballet's Swan Lake returns in Autumn 2026

Following this summer’s celebrations of 100 years of their Founding Director Laureate and one of ballet’s most influential directors and choreographers, Sir Peter Wright, this autumn, Birmingham Royal Ballet will revive his beloved and spectacular production of Swan Lake.

One of the Company’s most popular productions in its repertoire, Swan Lake will play at Birmingham Hippodrome from Wednesday 23 September to Saturday 3 October 2026. The production will then transfer to London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre from Wednesday 28 to Saturday 31 October 2026. Tickets are on sale now at brb.org.uk.

Principal casting has also been announced for both venues with Céline Gittens, Momoko Hirata, Yu Kurihara, Miki Mizutani, Beatrice Parma and Yaoqian Shang sharing the role of Odette/Odile and Enrique Bejarano Vidal, Tzu-Chao Chou, Mathias Dingman, Yasiel Hodelín Bello, Mason King, Max Maslen and Lachlan Monaghan sharing the role of Prince Siegfried. Performance dates are listed below.

Birmingham Royal Ballet Director, Carlos Acosta said: “In this year where we celebrate 100 years of the magnificent contributions of our Founding Director Laureate, Sir Peter Wright, we couldn’t not bring his cherished and spectacular production of Swan Lake back to the stage. Not only one of the world’s favourite ballets, this specific production has been beloved for decades and over generations - bringing many to ballet for the very first time. We look forward to being back on the stage in Birmingham and London this autumn with this unmissable show.”

Prince Siegfried is out hunting one night when he happens upon a flock of graceful swans. When one of them turns into a beautiful woman, the Prince is utterly smitten – but Odette explains that she has fallen under an evil spell cast by Baron von Rothbart, which keeps her in swan form from dawn to dusk. Can Siegfried’s love break the spell?

For more information and tickets visit brb.org.uk

Principal Casting dates:
 

Birmingham Hippodrome

Weds eve 23rd  Hirata / Dingman

Thurs mat 24th   Kurihara / Hodelin

Thurs eve 24th   Gittens / King

Fri mat 25th   Hirata / Dingman

Sat mat 26th   Kurihara /Hodelin

Sat eve 26th   Gittens / King

Sun mat 27th   Parma / Bejarano

Tues eve 29th   Shang / Monaghan

Weds mat 30th   Kurihara / Hodelin

Thurs mat 1st   Hirata / Dingman

Thurs eve 1st   Mizutani / Maslen

Fri mat 2nd   Parma / Chou

Sat mat 3rd   Mizutani / Maslen

Sat eve 3rd   Shang / Monaghan

Sadler’s Wells

Weds eve 28th   Kurihara / Hodelin

Thurs mat 29th   Shang / Monaghan

Thurs eve 29th   Gittens / King

Fri eve 30th   Mizutani / Maslen

Sat mat 31st   Parma / Bejarano

Sat eve 31st   Hirata / Dingman