RBO: La Fille Mal Gardée (12A)

The Royal Ballet & Opera 2025/26 Cinema Season Continues With...

LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE

(The Royal Ballet)

Wednesday 5th November, Broadcast Live at 7:15pm.

Lise, the only daughter of Widow Simone, is in love with the young farmer Colas, but her mother has far more ambitious plans for her. Simone hopes to marry her off to Alain, the son of the wealthy proprietor Thomas. Desperate to marry Colas rather than Alain, Lise contrives to outwit her mother’s plans.

65 years after its premiere, The Royal Ballet presents Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée. This affectionate portrayal of village life combines exuberant good humour and brilliantly inventive

choreography in what is undoubtedly Ashton’s love letter to the English countryside. La Fille mal gardée whisks us away into pastoral bliss with Ferdinand Hérold’s cheerful score and Osbert

Lancaster’s colourful designs.

Choreography

Frederick Ashton

Music

Ferdinand Hérold

Arranged and Orchestrated by

John Lanchbery

Scenario

Jean Dauberval

Designer

Osbert Lancaster

Lighting designer

John B. Read

Digital Cast List will be available on day of screening by scanning the QR Code available in the foyer.

This film is rated as “12A” – Suitable for 12 Years and Over. No one under the age of 12 can watch a 12A unless accompanied by an Adult.

*Photographic ID may be required if young people are attending without an adult, entry may be refused if not provided.

[Passport/Driver’s License/Citizenship Card/Post Office ID/YOTI ID/Lloyds ID].