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# Cinema cancels screening of Russian ballet performance
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/cinema-cancels-screening-of-russian-ballet-performance/
- Published: 2022-03-02T19:43:47.000Z
- Updated: 2022-03-02T19:43:57.000Z
- Description: A cinema near Lichfield has cancelled screening of a performance by a Russian ballet.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:15, News

![The Red Carpet Cinema. Picture: Google Streetview](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/redcarpet.jpg)

The Red Carpet Cinema. Picture: Google Streetview

A cinema near Lichfield has cancelled screening of a performance by a Russian ballet.

The Red Carpet Cinema at Barton-under-Needwood said the decision was “a very small protest” against the current military action in Ukraine.

The screening of the Moscow-based Bolshoi Ballet performance on Sunday (6th March) had almost sold out, but will now not go ahead.

In a statement to customers, the cinema’s bosses said:

> “The decision to withdraw from showing the Bolshoi’s Swan Lake was taken on Monday morning and although this was a very small protest, it was felt it was the right thing to do.  
>  
> “We want to stress how keen we are to support the Bolshoi and all its talented and dedicated ballerinas again, once the war is over.  
>  
> “We obviously aware of how much The Bolshoi is loved and enjoyed here at The Red Carpet.”  
>  
> Red Carpet Cinema spokesperson