Surreal comedy meets genuinely spooky chiller in this unmissable production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s RUDDIGORE, or The Witch’s Curse.
'The director of this is touched with genius' – GYLES BRANDRETH
Directed by Peter Benedict (Mapp & Lucia – The Musical and Terry Pratchett’s Guards! Guards!), expect all the familiar G&S elements: terrific music, cheeky social satire, comic pathos and people singing faster than you’d think humanly possible - but with a seasoning of sinister spectres.
A family curse means a baronet must commit a crime every day or perish. In trying to escape his fate, he encounters dancing sailors, a bunch of frustrated bridesmaids and a chorus of ghosts. What could possibly go wrong?
In this innovative production, audiences should be prepared for plenty of laughs and spine-tingling moments. Those who are familiar with RUDDIGORE are also in for a few surprises, both visual and musical…
Everything Theatre
★★★★1/2 'Fantastic fun' Fairy Powered
CAST
Joe Winter (Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd)
Kieran Parrott (Richard Dauntless)
Max Panks (Thomas)
Edward Watchman (Harry)
Peter Benedict (Sir Despard Murgatroyd)
Graham Stone (Old Adam Goodheart)
Madeline Robinson (Rose Maybud)
Charli Baptie (Mad Margaret)
Rosemary Ashe (Dame Hannah)
Ellie Sayles (Zorah)
Eleanor Monaghan (Mercy)
Rosie Weston (Ruth)
Steve Watts (Sir Roderic Murgatroyd)
Luca Kocsmárszky (Mme Von Palmay)
CREATIVE TEAM
Director - Peter Benedict
Executive Producer - Fiona Evans
Musical Director – Tom Noyes
Musical Supervisor - Richard Baker
Choreographer - Adam Haigh
Designer - David Shields
Lighting Design - Alistair Lindsay
Overture Studio Sounds – Johannes Steinray
Sound Designer – Richard Carter
Stage Manager – Jack Evans
Matthew O’Connell – Assistant Stage Manager
Video - Tom Fitch
Portraits - William Haynes
Marketing and PR – Fiona Lockley
Oracle Productions have presented classic theatre and new writing in the West End and Off Broadway as well as touring major venues across the UK and overseas for the British Council
'Magnificent. Wilton’s Music Hall, a gloriously faded Victorian theatre in east London, makes an ideal setting for a revival of Ruddigore.' Patrick Kidd, The Times Diary Editor
★★★★ 'An evening of great fun in one of the world's oldest surviving music halls' Daily Express
★★★★ 'Ruddigore? Ruddy good fun more like...whether you’re a G&S aficionado or a total beginner, missing this smile-inducing night out might haunt you' Everything Theatre
★★★★1/2 'Fantastic fun' Fairy Powered
CAST
Joe Winter (Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd)
Kieran Parrott (Richard Dauntless)
Max Panks (Thomas)
Edward Watchman (Harry)
Peter Benedict (Sir Despard Murgatroyd)
Graham Stone (Old Adam Goodheart)
Madeline Robinson (Rose Maybud)
Charli Baptie (Mad Margaret)
Rosemary Ashe (Dame Hannah)
Ellie Sayles (Zorah)
Eleanor Monaghan (Mercy)
Rosie Weston (Ruth)
Steve Watts (Sir Roderic Murgatroyd)
Luca Kocsmárszky (Mme Von Palmay)
CREATIVE TEAM
Director - Peter Benedict
Executive Producer - Fiona Evans
Musical Director – Tom Noyes
Musical Supervisor - Richard Baker
Choreographer - Adam Haigh
Designer - David Shields
Lighting Design - Alistair Lindsay
Overture Studio Sounds – Johannes Steinray
Sound Designer – Richard Carter
Stage Manager – Jack Evans
Matthew O’Connell – Assistant Stage Manager
Video - Tom Fitch
Portraits - William Haynes
Marketing and PR – Fiona Lockley
Running time: 125 minutes + 20 minute interval
Gentleman Skeleton image courtesy of ©Lisa
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Production photography by Mark Senior
Production photography by Mark Senior