Following live performances of Lazuli Sky in Birmingham and London last month, Birmingham Royal Ballet has today announced Birmingham Royal Ballet at 30, a celebratory free online performance that will be broadcast to audiences worldwide. It will mark 30 years since Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet moved from London to Birmingham 

Filmed at Birmingham’s Town Hall and supported by Birmingham City Council, the special programme will be hosted by the company’s director Carlos Acosta and will be available on the company’s Facebook page from 19 November for seven days. 

For the past three decades, Birmingham Royal Ballet has cemented its place as one of the jewels in the crown of the city, displaying the city’s name as the company have toured nationally and internationally with 58 new ballets. The company has been proud to take the spirit and name of Birmingham across the globe in tours including China, Hong Kong, Italy, Thailand, the USA, South Africa, Spain, Germany and Japan. 

Leader of Birmingham City Council, Councillor Ian Ward, said: “I am delighted that this performance was captured at Birmingham Town Hall – another of the jewels in the cultural crown of our wonderful city. Birmingham is truly a global city for the arts and for supporting the arts around the world. Sadly, this performance was filmed without an audience, as a result of the current Covid regulations, but all of our arts organisations in Birmingham are fighting to keep active and entertaining audiences in safe and innovative ways. We all need to keep supporting these organisations as they are not only the cultural heart of our city, but important generators of jobs, education and our entertainment economy.”