Romeo + Juliet
Romeo + Juliet is an original film by TheNational Theatre. Directed by Simon Godwin, movement directed by Shelley Maxwell and Jonathan Goddard.
Premiered in April 2021 on Sky Arts.
I was part of a movement specialist team who were brought in by movement directors Shelley Maxwell and Jonathan Goddard to help devise and perform the ‘Capulet Masked Ball Scene’, where we filmed the scene in one day during the global Covid-19 pandemic.
‘This bold new film brings to life the remarkable backstage spaces of the National Theatre in which desire, dreams and destiny collide to make Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy sing in an entirely new way.’
National Theatre
Director: Simon Godwin
Movement Director: Shelley Maxwell + Jonathan Goddard
Starring: Jessie Buckley, Josh O’Connor, Tamsin Grieg, Adrian Lester, Lucian Msamati Deborah Findlay, Fisayo Akinade
Production: National Theatre, Sky Arts, Rufus Norris, Dixie Linder (Cuba Pictures)
Still from the film
Header Footage: Trailer of ‘Romeo and Juliet’