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Nothern Ballet - Gentleman Jack at Sadler's Wells © Isabella Turolla i
Looking Back at Gentleman Jack’s London Premiere at Sadler’s Wells
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27 May 2026
Winners
FEDORA - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Dance Prize 2025 Winner Gentleman Jack, led by Northern Ballet co-produced by the Finnish National Opera and Ballet made its powerful London premiere at Sadler’s Wells Theatre.
Choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa with original music by Peter Salem, Gentleman Jack the extraordinary life of Anne Lister to the stage in a work that blends historical biography with contemporary choreographic language and emotional intensity.
We are excited to share the highlights of the evening, discover the pictures below!
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Nothern Ballet -Gentleman Jack Premiere in London
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Gentleman Jack Premiere in London
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Gentleman Jack Premiere in London
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As the run at Sadler’s Wells concluded, Gentleman Jack will now be moving on to:
- 27 May 2026 - 30 May 2026: Norwich Theatre Royal Buy Tickets
- 4 June 2026 - 6 June 2026: Salford The Lowry Buy Tickets
- 3 September 2026 - 5 September 2026: Bradford Alhambra Theatre Buy Tickets
The FEDORA - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Dance Prize is supported by Van Cleef & Arpels, in collaboration with Opera Europa. The FEDORA Prizes competition is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Commission.
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Winner of the FEDORA - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Dance Prize 2025
Anne Lister, or ‘Gentleman Jack’ is a striking historical figure who lived as she desired and blazed her own trail throughout the 19th Century. Her life has inspired biographies, novels and a hit BBC/HBO series, but we will be the first to tell her story through ballet.
Artist Series - Gentleman Jack
Following its triumphant world premiere in Leeds on March 7, we had the pleasure of interviewing Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Choreographer of Gentleman Jack, the production inspired by the 5-million-word diaries of Anne Lister, and Federico Bonelli, Artistic Director of Northern Ballet.
