The Australian Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet – premiering in Melbourne next month. Pictured above, dancers Kevin Jackson and Madeleine Eastoe, in costumes by Akira Isogawa. Photos by Georges Antoni.
It’s no secret I have a long-standing crush on The Australian Ballet – they’re such an inspiring and innovative company, and have been fantastic supporters of TDF over the last few years. We do love to reciprocate whenever we can – especially when there’s a generous giveaway on offer!
Next month The Australian Ballet launch a highly anticipated new show – Romeo & Juliet! This brand new performance is brought to life by acclaimed choreographer Graeme Murphy – and of course is full of all the fiery passion and romance you can expect from the greatest love story ever told! The clincher for me though, is one particularly special collaboration – Akira Isogawa has designed all the costumes! *Swoon!*
Luckily for you guys, the lovely Australian Ballet marketing team have generously offered a double-pass giveaway for one lucky Design Files reader! You can win a double-pass to the Charity Preview Performance of Romeo & Juliet in Melbourne on September 12th. This prize is valued at $250.00. TO ENTER, please leave a comment on this post today before 10.00pm – A winner will be selected at random and notified by email tomorrow. Please note these tickets are for September 12th in Melbourne only – please enter only if you’re free to attend that evening!
HUGE thanks to The Australian Ballet team for another wonderful giveaway!
Romeo & Juliet is showing in Melbourne throughout September and in Sydney in December. For more info, performance dates and tickets visit The Australian Ballet website.
Ps. Don’t forget about the Behind Ballet blog! I know I often bang on about it, but that’s because it is TRULY so awesome. There is much Romeo & Juliet behind-the-scenes goodness to uncover… do pop by and have a look.
Goosebumps! That day is my friends birthday, and she loves the ballet! She has had an awful time recently and I would love to win these for her.
Thanks for being ace!
S.
I have a 12 year old who lives and breathes ballet ( or dance of any kind really). These tickets would make a dream come true…
I would love to take my 5 year old to the ballet – a night to cherish!
I would be so excited to win these tickets.
Oh lovely! x
Oh!
This is one of the best Giveway ever!
I love going to the ballet, the last stunning performance I saw was from the Netherlands Dance Company. I bet the Australian Ballet will do great with Romeo and Juliet!
I hope I win, so I have a special surprirse for my partner!
Thanks a Lot!
What a wonderful combination. It will be a beautiful experience.
Tdf truly has the best and kindest friends, which is of course what tdf rightfully deserves!
what a magical experience!
This is just the introduction to ballet I have been looking for!
I would really appreciate this prize! A night out in the city at the ballet would be magic!
Please choose me!
Yes please
check out the textures of those costumes!
It sounds amazing – I would love these tickets!
Cannot wait to see this! Thank you for the give-away xo
wow amazing give away – thank you!
I would love tickets!
a visual extravaganza – I am a ballet tragic!!!
Ahhh, to finally see Romeo (and Juliet)!
oh the 12th is my birthday!!! I LOVE the australian ballet and have not be able to afford to go in toooooo long!!! It would make the most amazing birthday night ever! oxoxoxoxoxox
Another unreal giveaway Lucy! I really want to take my daughter to this one so fingers crossed!
hx
please pick me! My sister and I love to share this experience.
Life could do with a little pirouette at the moment!
And it’s Prokofiev !!
Looking forward to seeing British Liaisons next week and now, thanks to these images, dreaming of Romeo and Juliet. What magical and incredible performances they will be.
(Please add my name to the hat and I’ll keep my fingers crossed. Whoever wins, they are in for a treat. Thanks for this charming Tuesday giveaway chance, Lucy.)
I would love to take my daughter to this amazing event, I think everyone should experience the ballet at least once! and Romeo and Juliet…..ahhhh xx
This would be so delightful to see!
I would LOVE to go!! :)
Please pick me! xx
This looks lovely!!
A classic story told in a classic art form.
What a fantastic job to design the costumes for such a performance.
Love to go! Costumes look amazing!
me! me! me! please and thank you. xx
I would love to go to this. Please pick me!
Stunning!!
Wherefore art though tickets!!!!!
Oh my god this is a dream….my mum and I love this play and Akira Isogawa combined with Graeme Murphy is the ultimate evening entertainment.
What a sensational giveaway. What a sensational night out it would be. Thanks for the opportunity!
What an eloquent expression beyond words for the ultimate love story! I would love to take my fiance to what would be an unforgettable experience of the most talented in Australian dance, theatre, international design and music.
Akira and the ballet are a match made in fashion heaven and I’d love to see the magic on stage!
I don’t think I have just a crush on the Australian Ballet, I’m pretty sure it’s now a full blown love affair… Must stem from my frustration at never being able to do it when I was little due to a foot problem! Needless to say, winning these tickets would be an absolute dream come true. Thanks Lucy & Jenny xx
The Australian Ballet, Akira Isogawa, Shakespeare, and Prokofiev, a perfect match! What a performance that will be.
What an amazing giveaway! I haven’t won anything from designfiles.net yet, but it never stops me from enetering, as you always have such great giveaways. Hopefully this will be the lucky draw, as I absolutely love going to the ballet.
I’ve always wanted to go to the ballet! fingers crossed…xxx
that would be a magical experience…Costumes look amazing!
The Aust Ballet Blog is awesome! Amazing artists. Would love to see this show. Thanks.
Oh wow! i LOVE the ballet and Akira. Fingers crossed :)
Looks wonderful!
Lovely! What a great prize.
this would definitely get me in my mothers good books… though she still reminisces about how I should have been a famous ballet dancer… this would let her dream for a while… this entire production sounds incredible.
Oh wow, the perfect giveaway, the Australian Ballet are incredible.
pick me!
pick me!
oh how much i would love to go.
Have cleared the social calendar for the 12th :) Fingers crossed
Ooh, fabulous! x
I would love to win these. Please!
Wow! I’ve never been to the ballet so to win this would be amazing :-D
Looks great! Can’t wait to see Akira’s costumes.
What a great giveaway, I’d love to go!
a truly wonderful giveaway. thanks for more posts on the Australian Ballet :)
This will be an amazing show and even more exciting to win tickets!
The opportunity to be transported to heaven watching our beautiful Australian ballet, would be a dream. I would love my ballet loving 86 year old mother, to share this experience with me.
I wish to go!!
oh i love the ballet, but as a student i cant really afford to go, i did ballet for 13 years from when i was 3 years old, i love it xx
romeo romeo wherefore art – tickets to your show?? Please……
What a heavenly production. Gorgeous ballet combined with Akira’s brilliant talent. What a joy to go!
OMG, yes please! I was wanting to go to R&J Ballet but we just bought a house & are now on a saving spree!!!!!!
Delicate and delightful…
SO beautiful!! Would love to take my mum!! xox
I am a massive Ballet fan, but on a wedding and house-saving budget it is no longer an option!
I would so love to go.
Pick me…
oh what an amazing night out this would be. those costumes – swoon alright : ) what a treat!!
This would be great to go see, I need a good night out!
What a creative marriage!
Oh what a joy it would be……to be swept up in this tragic tale……….to experience the explosions of light and colour and graceful movement………to be emotionally immersed in the spine tingling music………pure bliss……
Such a beautiful story, told in such a beautiful way.
This is a brilliant prize!
Those costumes are superb. I would LOVE to win these ticket.
Oh, how divine. Would love to see Akira’s costumes.
does this include ballet parking? haha.
My best friend just moved to Melbourne – what a fantastic treat this would be for my first official visit!
Almost too beautiful to contemplate – the Australian Ballet, Akira and the most romantic story of all time, in one extravagant experience!
PICK MEEEEEE
What a great prize. My best friend and i would die if we won these tickets! X
I’d love to take my Mum!
Ooooooh! Put my name in the hat please! :)
Would be a delightful win and night out. Thank-you.
oh my! what a beautiful giveaway! i <3 TDF! X
oooh that sounds lovely! It’ll be a one week late birthday present from TDF to me :) (if I get it that is!)
Please pick me!! I’ll keep all my fingers and toes crossed!
wonderful combination of design and dance. haven’t been to the ballet for ages…thankyou.
What a wonderful promotion. The Australian Ballet just gets better and better. I don’t know how, but the dancer’s technique & the choreography continue to reach new heights!
oh my oh my, how wonderful and so exciting! x
Wow, the costumes look amazing
i would love to win this pass and take my mum i have promised i would do this with her one day mx
oh count me in! i have always wanted to go to the ballet – such incredible talent :)
YES Please!!! I love the ballet SO much!
It would be fantastic.
Hello!
Great offer, the costumes looks beautiful!
Ballet competitions always keep me on my toes.
i heart romeo and juliet!
I have never been to the ballet… this would be the perfect chance for my first visit!!! …..pretty please?
my favourite ballet, pick me please
“These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume.”
Oh please send me to the ballet… (sighing dramatically as I say this with my forehand on my brow). I’ve never seen it in person. It would be such a delight for my daughter and I.
“For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
I’m up for woe – and fabulous dancing and brilliant costumes and magic and theatre and…
Another wonderful morning at The Design Files! Finger, toes.. Everything crossed for this one x
Adore! A favourite ballet of mine.
oh gosh!! love the different textures in the costumes, so elegant and beautiful. what a wonderful giveaway =) thanks lucy!
What a wonderful giveaway- a great chance to relive my childhood dreams of becoming a ballerina :)
This would be AMAZING !!!!!
The fabrics and costumes look magnificent!!
A treat for the eyes :)
I have never been to the ballet live but would luv to experience it….keeping toes crossed!
i think this would be amazing! it would be my first ballet
Sounds wonderful… the greatest play and I am sure a great ballet
SWOON indeed!! what a romantic night … !!!!
love to take our little one! looks amazing.
memememe
Akira and the ballet, too much!
Swoon! How romantic! Looks beautiful, I would love to go!
Wow! How beautiful – Akira and the Australian Ballet. Its sure to be amazing.
Yes please! :)
my heart skips a beat at the thought
It’s going to be such a stunning performance!!
what a perfect gift this would be for my girlfriend!
One word: Amazing
I would love to go!
It would be magical to see the dancing and the costumes by Akira – all that creativity brought to life in one room!
That’s my birthday!! What a perfect way to celebrate
How can I say no, I looooove the ballet! and I’m definitely free on 12 September, and I live in Melbs.. Yay!
Winning these tickets would be “as glorious to this night, being o’er my head/As is a winged messenger of heaven”.
As a child and teenager I was dedicated to ballet not because I wanted to be a professional up there on the stage – as my figure would not allow that but loved everything about it..it brings tears to my eyes.
What an darling give away! Pick me! Please pick me! Oh I do l ove the ballet :)
I cannot imagine a more perfect marriage – the grace and beauty of Australia’s finest ballet dancers and Akira’s magnificent creations each doing justice to the other. This would be a fabulous prize to win – thanks for the opportunity!
Another beautiful prize!! One of my favourite ballets with costumes by one of my favourite designers… It would be such a visual and auditory delight to attend the ballet on the 12th!! Thank you again TDF
Going to see a performance of the Australian Ballet has been a longstanding wish for me!!! I can just never seem to afford the tickets. Please please please please please please let it be my entry picked at random!!! Sorry about the grovel but i REALLY want to win this magical prize!!!!!
Pretty – please!!!
Akira and the AB – couldn’t think of a more perfect match.
What a beautiful prize! Would love to win!
The 12th is good for me and I would love to take my son to the Ballet … he loves the athleticism of the performers and I just love the whole spectacle … please pick me. Deb R.
Lovely prize. Lovely blog. Thank you. Still laughing about those cartoons (hilarious Fitzroy duo) from last week. Especially loved the Meetings cartoon. So true! Jill xx
This looks like the most wonderful collaboration. It would be such a treat to attend the show!
Sublime!
The Leather looks exciting. Would love to win a romantic prize like this.
Fingers and ballet shoe toes crossed – what a beautiful performance it will be I am sure! Thanks
Graeme Murphy, Akira Isogawa, Australian Ballet Company and Romeo and Juliet. A truly magnificent gathering of talent! Just the right combination for a wonderful night at the theatre for my daughter and I.
got to be in it to win it!
Romance through dance and undeniably beautiful costume to the tune of Akira Isogawa. Pardon me, I have just died and gone to heaven. ‘Never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo’.
This looks gorgeous!
whoops, hope i’m not too late…
Would love love love to go!!!
Echo all of the above comments. Would be such a privilege to go!
Oh, how delightful. I’ll cross my fingers and make a wish….x
That would be the perfect birthday present – to me! What a way to start my year off that would be….my fingers and ballet toes are crossed! Cx
I would love to introduce my daughter to the magic of ballet!
that would be such a divine birthday birthday present brought on by sheer luck!
It would be absolutely amazing to see this ballet!
Can’t wait to see this. Big fan of Akira, his designs are beyond stunning.
How magical!
What a generous giveaway, I would love to be the lucky winner!
Thou shall be overcome with joy to see a whimsical collaboration between the soft and romantic Akira, the power and passion of Romeo & Juliet and the talent and beauty of the Australian Ballet.
Tara x
WOW! my favourite WS play performed by my favourite ballet company. LOVE.
Wow. Amazing. Orchestral wonders with ballet, how can I say no!
One word – Akira!
What a collaboration, incredible. x
This would be such a dream…
I would love to go and see this wonderful show, filled with wonderful costumes!
Fingers crossed :)
I have been wanting to rake my mum to the Australian Ballet for ever – double pass would be perfect!
Oh how beautiful! Please pick me!
simply stunning, what a perfect combination.
Absolutely perfect for a mother-daughter evening out.
I love the Ballet – me pleeeaaaasssseeee! :)
Ballet, Shakespeare, and Akira all at the same time – how truly sophisticated and unmissable!
Magnifique prize, Akira teemed with the Australian Ballet = magical evening x
Oh, I would love to be there… it would be my first trip to the ballet and it looks like it would be amazing!
Amazing giveaway, please enter me!
Perfect opportunity to take my mum to her first Ballet! What a fantastic giveaway.
Yes pretty please :)
The australian Ballet’s dancing and Graeme Murphy’s choreography – what a visual feast!!!!
Oh, I’d love to win! I haven’t been to the ballet in years!!
I loooove Akira Isogawa! I got married in one of his designs. I’d love to see his costumes on the Australian ballet – a match made in heaven!
Dance and Akira. Yes please. Pick me!
Stunning costumes!!
I love Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake and think this will be amazing too! Thanks for the lovely giveaway!
this is so fantastic! magic pair for sure.
Yes, definitely *swoon* at Akira’s costumes!
Looks great, would love to go! I have seen a bellet before that Akira designed for and it was great!
♥♥♥♥ Akira ♥♥♥♥
Sounds fantastic – would love to go!
I’m in elementary 1 ballet class at present. Romeo & Juliet would be the perfect treat to rest those feet!
I am a ballet teacher and would so love love love this for my birthday which is this week!!! I would take my special man for a romantic birthday outing!
And the 12th is my balet-loving daughter’s birthday!!
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
Especially if that particular rose was free!
How beautiful it all looks…….
I LOVE THE BALLET, but it is an expensive hobby! :(
Can’t wait to see this…
dreamy
a treat t’would indeed be to see this, i am an ex-mainlander, and miss so very much the ballet…
Ballet is an undernourished passion of mine. Please please pick me!!!!!
would love to go, it’s a couple of days after my birthday!
I would love to take my sister in law to this, just magical.
How I love the Romeo & Juliet story! This would be an incredible night x
this looks fantastic. would love to go..
Oh my gosh! I have always loved ballet but never been to a live performance! I am keeping my fingers crossed for this one!
Wherefore art my tickets?
Wld love to take my daughter Nina to this event. Wld be a treat for a regional victoria teen.
how romantic xx
God, brilliant.
I would love to go to the ballet!
swoonaliscious!
Perfect gift for my mums 74′th birthday x
Would love to take my daughter to see such a beautiful production of Romeo and Julliet. The costumes look amazing…love it.
What a wonderful giveaway be amazing to experience.
I love ballet, Romeo and Juliet’s story and design – it would be a treat to combine these in one brilliant evening!
Yes Please!
This would be fabulous! What a wonderful give away. :)
pick me! pick me!
Oh australian ballet, you are loved by me.
Those costumes are perfect – well done Akira. Thanks for a that little escape into the world of the Australian Ballet.
Please. The best ballet I ever saw was Graham Murphy’s Swan Lake. Graham Murphy + Romeo and Juliet = great anticipation of an awesome ballet.
A beautiful love story…
I have a gorgeous 6 year godchild who is learning ballet but has never been to see a live ballet. I would absolutely love to be able to take her. It would be a very special night. Graeme Murphy and Akira Isogawa are absolute stars.
Would adore to win this prize, thanks for offering us the opportunity! Cx
would love to see the performance with my wife
THIS LOOKS AWESOME!
Stunning- would love to see this!
I am dying to go to the ballet! fingers crossed I’m the lucky randomly selected person! :-)
How lovely it would be to see Akira’s designs in motion
Would you look at her legs! What a beautiful line.
What a wonderful partnership between 2 highly talented entities
What a wonderful opportunity, I would like to take my son and inspire him!
Did my heart love till now?
Oh I still dream of being a ballerina and Im 40!!! oh how I would love to win these..
looks stunning..I would LOVE to see this x
I’d love these tickets.
Romeo, Juliet and Akira unite for ballet… Sounds like poetic beauty in motion to me!
Would love a romantic night out
Ahhhhhhh…….kira! sublime.
The first ballet I saw was Swan Lake by the Australian Ballet Company. I instantly fell in love – with ALL of them, it was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. I went with my daughter who was then nine years old and she still talks about it. She managed to get Adam Bull’s autograph when he was lining up for a coffee outside the Arts Centre after the show. He was lovely to my daughter and asked if she’d noticed when he got his foot caught in his partner’s dress and nearly fell over!
I would LOVE this prize!
How amazing, another beautiful offer. I’d soooo love to go xx
oh akira!
What a wonderful prize!! A feast for the senses!
I would love to take my mum along to see this.
I have a lovely friend who’s had an awful year with her health and she always takes me to see the melbourne symphony orchestra. I would love to take her to say thankyou.. fingers crossed.
How beautiful! What a dream…. So fantastic Akira is involved. Just perfect!
Oh Romeo please!
I would love to take my 6 year old daughter who informed me that Angelina Ballerina is just too young for her after I brought tickets – oh oh! Maybe this will be more of an experience she will love and not to mention her mum!
Goodness gracious yes please…
I’d love to take my wife to this – she loves ballet.
Well i have never been to the ballet so would love the opportunity but it sounds like many others are more deserving…so i am a little glad this is random…
x amelia
Fingers crossed! x
How exciting!
yes please! x
Totally perfect! I have been waiting all year for this ballet to open.. can’t wait to go, freebie tix or no! xx
My girlfriend would love these tickets!
Now this is one giveaway I’d absolutely cherish winning!
oh yes please! I LOVE the ballet!!!!
My daughter is studying Romeo and Juliet at school. This ballet would really compliment her studies. And she’s into design too! Wow!!
This would be amazing! Perfect excuse to escape to melbourrne :)
I used to be a ballerina myself, and I’ve only ever been to one very small ballet. Plus it would be great way to celebrate my hubby and my 10 years since we first meet! It’s the same day <3… Fingers crossed :)
the australian ballet + akira isogawa = WOW! sure to be an amazing collaboration.
Sounds fantastic…Would love to be there ..to watch this act live!!!
I’ve never been to the ballet – I’d sooo love to win! x
Wowwwwww…amazing..such a good collaboration..love to be there :)
Yes please!!!!!…thanks for the giveaway…love to watch this!!!
I think this performance would be incredible, what a truly lovely giveaway :)
Can’t wait to go and watch this…love to win this giveaway!!
what an amazing prize!
Haven’t been to any ballet show before..this sounds amazing..thanks for this giveaway :)
Have been eyeing off the tickets for this all week… would love the chance to see it!
would love the chance!
It’s my sister b’day that day…would love to win this for her..she’s a big fan of ballet…
Yes please!
Instead on waiting at the edge of my seat to see if I’ve received the tickets, I’ll take the time to practice my pirouettes….
Oh amazing! I love love love all Akira Isogawa’s costumes, and love ballet, and love Romeo & Juliet… yay! Hooray for Aus Ballet!
What a delightful give away!
Love to win!! Xxxx
Love to win this : )
Oh, yes please!
Would Love to share this prize with my beautiful mum. My fingers are crossed x
Love to go ..yayy for the wonderful giveaway
Yes please! Great give away!
A night out at the ballet ……stunning.
The best giveaway ever!
(d.o.b) 29.08.86.
mum says ‘darling you got to be in it to win it’
Oh, so beautiful! Amazing giveaway…crossed fingers!
oh the romance and beauty of romeo and juliet… i’d absolutely love to go and see it.
Romeo Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo…
ooo it would be beautiful, cross fingers!
How beautiful – I’d love to go along.
Oh yes please!!
oh please choose me l would so love to take my beautiful daughter Lauren who is 8 she has been in ballet since she was 3 it would be a dream come true !!!
I would love to attend. So romantic and such abeautifuk city Melbourne is to see such art. Thank you. xx
wow!!!! what a wonderful giveaway!!!! thank you!
I would love to see the Akira garments in motion!
WOW! My dream come true – 31 years old and still to see a ballet, this would make me a VHL (Very Happy Lady) xx
Wow, what a great combination, & you are so right about the blog- fantastic!
akira and the australian ballet must equal an incredible feast for the eyes.
i would love love love to win tickets to see this!
Those costumes will be amazing – Akira is fabulous and Graeme Murphy is my hero!
My wife has always wanted to bring me to the ballet. Maybe I can bring her?
My daughter an I have been going to see the Australian Ballet since she was four. She believes the ballet is magical, full of wonderful fairy tale surprises! What a mark to the year this would be for us to visit! The costumes would certainly bring that magical quality.
ohhhh so amazing! yes please!
oh swoon!
Would love to win. I’ve never seen this ballet, despite seeing many others. And the costumes would be a real thrill!
gonna to have my first ballet show!!
how come the time on this web is one hour ahead? I post on just at 10pm but it shows at 11pm?
Swoon indeed!!
lovely
I just saw the offer of free tickets (possibly too late) from my window to the web in Uganda – that’s my mum’s birthday, my brother used to play with the ballet’s orchestra, and I’d just arrive back in Oz just in time to sweep her up and take her to the show… how romantic (if it’s possible to be romantic with a birthday treat for your mum) :)
The costumes look truly divine!
have always wanted to go to the ballet :)
Thanks for the behind ballet blog tip! can’t wait to see Graeme Murphy give his genius a work out again…
I can’t think of two more suited collaborators, the beauty of the Australian ballet and the amazing talent of Akira Isogawa designs! So exciting.
Would LOVE a copy….pleeeeeeease. It truly looks an amazing book!!!
Yes please, i am very excited
I am over visting my daughter this weekend and would love to take her
Sounds beautiful, i would love to attend
This would be a beautiful evening. Thank you for this opportunity
I’d LOVE a copy! pretty please.
It would be a feast and delight for the senses!!
A Full time mother of two little people dreams of a wonderful night out at the ballet, just for her….and an equally time challenged and worthy friend.
Prokofiev and Graeme Murphy – count me in
I wonder if a google search could result in this serendipity. I have been trying to buy tickets for the 12th for my fiancee’s 30th birthday without success. I hope…..
As you read all of the different posts you wonder how you can make yours unique for this truly awesome prize!! But to be honest I would just LOVE to win this opportunity as I have never ever been to the ballet before :) Fingers crossed!! xx
Such a shame to miss out!!! :’( if only I knew about this before, such a magnificent night that would be!!!!! Good luck to everyone!!! Have a breath-taking night! :) xx
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