Romeo & Juliet

Watch online in the UK with a NOW TV entertainment pass or Sky subscription, and in the USA on the PBS Video app
Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Romeo & Juliet

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 (Wild Rose, Judy) and Josh O’Connor (The Crown, God’s Own Country) play Juliet and Romeo. The award-winning cast includes Tamsin Greig, Fisayo Akinade, Adrian Lester, Lucian Msamati, Deborah Findlay.

Romeo & Juliet premiered at 9pm on Sky Arts on Sunday 4 April, repeated on 5 and 8 April at. It is now available to watch online any time with a NOW TV entertainment pass or Sky subscription. It then premiered in the US at 9pm on Friday 23 April on PBS and is now avaiable to watch in the USA on the PBS Video app.

The cast also includes Fisayo Akinade as Mercutio, Ella Dacres as Peta, Deborah Findlay as the Nurse, Tamsin Greig as Lady Capulet, Ellis Howard as Sampson, Lloyd Hutchinson as Lord Capulet, David Judge as Tybalt, Adrian Lester as the Prince, Lucian Msamati as the Friar, Alex Mugnaioni as Paris, Shubham Saraf as Benvolio and Colin Tierney as Lord Montague.

Presented by Sky Arts, PBS Great Performances and No Guarantees, Romeo & Juliet is produced by the National Theatre, in association with Sabel Productions and Cuba Pictures.

Filming of Romeo & Juliet in the Lyttelton theatre was made possible thanks to the generosity of Graham and Joanna Barker, and Leila Maw Straus.

With additional support from Monica Gerard-Sharp and Ali Wambold, and Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly.