Friday Rush
Get last-minute tickets for the Royal Ballet and Opera at a range of prices – even for sold-out shows!
Friday Rush tickets are released every Friday at 1pm. They include tickets for Main Stage performances for the following week, until the next Friday Rush. All of the performances with tickets in the next Friday Rush will appear on this page.
You can purchase two Friday Rush tickets for each performance.
The next Friday Rush will be held on Friday 16 May 2025 at 1pm.
From the start of the 2025/26 Season, the Royal Ballet and Opera will no longer be offering Friday Rush tickets. Please find more information on our Friday Rush FAQs page. The final Friday Rush will be Friday 18 July 2025.
Please note: only amphitheatre seats will be available for performances of Die Walküre.
- Opera and music
Die Walküre
Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle.
- Ballet and dance
Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.
- Ballet and dance
Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.
- Ballet and dance
Romeo and Juliet
The greatest love story ever told – through ballet.
Please note that for the 7.30pm performance of Ballet to Broadway on 22 May 2025, there will be cameras filming in the auditorium.
- Ballet and dance
Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.
- Opera and music
Faust
A deal with the devil. What could go wrong?
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