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Romeo & Juliet By William Shakespeare
Director Peter Evans

19 November - 7 December 2025

In the Playhouse

Bell Shakespeare

Theatre

After a blockbuster season at The Neilson Nutshell in 2023, Bell Shakespeare returns to Sydney Opera House in 2025 with Peter Evans' critically acclaimed production of Romeo & Juliet. 

Did my heart love til now?

Romeo & Juliet Act 1, Scene 5

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The greatest love story ever told

After a chance meeting, an intense but forbidden love is ignited between two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet. And despite the unending, violent feud between their families, they will risk everything to be together. 

This raw portrayal of Romeo & Juliet will envelop you in the passion, the intensity and the heartbreak of Shakespeare’s most evocative tragedy. 

Peter Evans’ critically acclaimed production of the greatest love story ever told returns to stages in 2025. Introducing the magnetic Madeline Li as Juliet, and Ryan Hodson as Romeo, this exquisite production is not to be missed.

Presented by Bell Shakespeare

By William Shakespeare
Director Peter Evans
Set and Costume Designer Anna Tregloan
Lighting Designer Benjamin Cisterne
Composer and Sound Designer Max Lyandvert
With Ryan Hodson and Madeline Li

Bell Shakespeare Production Patron: Katie Page, CEO Harvey Norman

Nothing short of exhilarating.

Time Out Sydney

Plan your visit

Venue information

Our foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.

All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators). Pram parking will be available outside the theatres in the Western Foyer.

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