These Violent Delights

A vivid new retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet from Scottish Ballet

★★★★★
“A stunning, thoroughly modern success…a triumphant adventure that secures Scottish Ballet’s place at the very cutting edge of exciting, innovative, yet wholly accessible dance and film”
THE LIST

★★★★
“A taut, dreamlike reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy…an engrossing and fiercely physical dance film”
THE GUARDIAN

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Having established a name for creating innovative dance on stage, Scottish Ballet’s THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS is their first major feature-length film.

Juliet awakens from a fever dream. How did we get here? The lines between hallucination and memory blur as cinema and dance collide in a kaleidoscopic journey of belonging, defiance, and self-discovery.

In this vivid, contemporary re-telling without words, fate is rewritten on the dancefloor.

We present the film exclusively in cinemas on Wednesday 21st October, with an accompanying 20-minute Q&A.

Released in the UK and Ireland on Wednesday 21st October 2026

  • Director: Christopher Hampson & Oscar Sansom
  • Country: UK
  • Year: 2025
  • Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
  • Genre: Dance/performance
  • Language: English/No dialogue
  • Production company: Scottish Ballet & Forest of Black
  • Cert: 15

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Wednesday 21st October

Castle Douglas – Keystone Touring at Fullarton Theatre

Corby – Savoy Cinema

Doncaster – Savoy Cinema

Douglas – Broadway Cinema

Dundee – Dundee Contemporary Arts

Edinburgh – Cameo Cinema

Edinburgh – Filmhouse

Glasgow – Glasgow Film Theatre

Grantham – Savoy Cinema

Hexham – Forum Cinema

Inverness – Eden Court

Kendal – Brewery Arts Centre

Keswick – Alhambra Cinema  |  Wednesday 21st & Sunday 25th October

Kilburn – Kiln Theatre

Lerwick, Shetland – Mareel

London – Peckhamplex

Newcastle upon Tyne – Tyneside Cinema

Nottingham – The Bonington

Richmond – Station Cinema

Romford – Lumiere Cinema  |  Wednesday 21st & Sunday 25th October

Welwyn Garden City – Campus West Cinema

Worksop – Savoy Cinema

 

October

Colchester – Firstsite  |  Friday 23rd & Thursday 29th October

Alnwick – Alnwick Playhouse  |  Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th October

 

November

Leek – Foxlowe Arts Centre  |  Tuesday 24th November

 

January

Hertford – BEAM  |  Thursday 7th January (mat)

 

Past screenings

WORLD PREMIERE Edinburgh – Cineworld  |  Friday 14th August, 3.45pm
SOLD OUT Edinburgh – Filmhouse  |  Friday 14th August, 8pm
SOLD OUT Edinburgh – Cameo  |  Saturday 15th August, 12pm
SOLD OUT Edinburgh – Filmhouse  |  Saturday 15th August, 3pm

 

 



★★★★

“Engrossing…performed with vehement commitment and style.”

Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian

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