Presented by Cameron Mackintosh, the three fully-staged performances of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary. The Royal Albert Hall will be transformed with a spectacular setting by Matt Kinley, inspired by the late Maria Björnson’s designs for the original stage production. As in the original, the choreography is by Gillian Lynne.

Polunin (pictured in costume for the role) joins a cast led by Ramin Karimloo as The Phantom and Sierra Boggess as Christine. Hadley Fraser will play Raoul, with Kiera Duffy as Carlotta. More special guest appearances have been promised. Polunin appears by kind permission of Monica Mason, director of The Royal Ballet.

The production is at the Royal Albert Hall for three performances, on Saturday, October 1 at 7.30pm and on Sunday, October 2 at 1.30pm and 7.00pm. For tickets, call the Royal Albert Hall box office on 0845 401 5034, or see http://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/phantom-of-the-opera/default.aspx

The Sunday evening performance will be broadcast live to around 250 UK cinemas, and subsequently released on DVD, Blu-ray, CD and as a download. See local cinema listings for details.

Picture: Sergei Polunin as the Slave Master. Photograph: Robin Savage