Jessie Buckley and Josh O'Connor star in NT's production of Shakespeare's classic

Romeo and Juliet risk everything to be together. In defiance of their feuding families, they chase a future of joy and passion as violence erupts around them.

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.

Jessie Buckley and Josh O’Connor play Juliet and Romeo. The award-winning cast also includes Tamsin Greig, Fisayo Akinade, Adrian Lester, Lucian Msamati, Deborah Findlay.

★★★★★ National Theatre's first film is an ingenious triumph Guardian
★★★★★ All the verve of a slickly edited movie, yet still exudes an aura of raw theatricality’ The Times
★★★★★ Riveting. A testament to the power of the imagination’ Telegraph

Please Note This is a pre-recorded film by National Theatre.