Britain’s illustrious Royal Ballet has brought extraordinary gifts to QPAC audiences in Brisbane this year: two huge, exciting ballets which, in different ways, are game-changers in the creation of full-length narrative ballets. They are Woolf Works (★★★★) by the company’s resident choreographer, Wayne McGregor, and The Winter’s Tale (★★★★★), by his predecessor and company associate, Christopher Wheeldon. No wonder the nation’s ‘ballet mafia’ and fans came to see them; neither ballet been seen live outside the Royal Opera House.