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

Official website

★★★★

“Engrossing…performed with vehement commitment and style.”

Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian

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