Candide
Music by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Book adapted from VOLTAIRE by HUGH WHEELER
Lyrics by RICHARD WILBUR
The best of all possible worlds!
23 November-3 December 2016
The best of all possible worlds
Based on Voltaire's 1759 novella of the same name, Candide is a masterpiece from the greats of musical theatre. The show combines a beautiful score with a fast-paced, witty book in a joyful and hilarious operetta which as been delighting audiences for 60 years.
A naïve young man, Candide, is thrown out of the Baron of Thunder-Den-Tronck's castle when he attempts to marry the Baron's daughter Cunegonde. They embark on a round-the-world journey in which their idealistic belief that all's for the best in this "best of all possible worlds" is challenged by a series of absurd misfortunes.
Among their adventures, Candide, Cunegonde and their friends become tangled up in wars, shipwrecked, cheated out of a fortune, repeatedly separated, forced into prostitution and marriage, and struggle to determine the meaning of life.
CANDIDE | Mark Siddall
CUNEGONDE | Emma Morgan
PANGLOSS/VOLTAIRE | Stephen Russell
PAQUETTE | Kate Gledhill
MARTIN | Stephen Beeny
CACAMBO | Peter Shimmin
MAXIMILLIAN | Sam Brassington
OLD WOMAN | Tal Hewitt
GOVERNOR | Paul Cozens
VANDERDENDUR | Chris Starkey
FEMALE ENSEMBLE:
Francesca Canty
Becky Chisholm
Jess Davidson
Victoria Greenway Georgie Sheppard
Rowena Turner
Jo Webber
Laura Williams
MALE ENSEMBLE:
Nick Dore
Paul Francis
Tim Garrad
Stephen Hewitt Ben Press
CREATIVES
DIRECTOR | Michael Smith
MUSICAL DIRECTOR | Matt Gould
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | Roger Harwood
CHOREOGRAPHER | Jane Saunders
PRODUCER | Lizzie Drapper
The result is an irreverent, apt, ever topical musical… it’s in excellent hands with Sedos which, as usual, achieves a near professional standard… A jolly good evening’s entertainment, then. All credit to this production and all who sail in her.
Sedos delivered the production in a classy manner with an incredibly strong cast in everything from their characterisation to music and a strong visual feast for the eyes.
Bridewell Theatre
- Wednesday 23 November 2016 7.30pm
- Thursday 24 November 2016 7.30pm
- Friday 25 November 2016 7.30pm
- Saturday 26 November 2016 2.30pm
- Saturday 26 November 2016 7.30pm
- Tuesday 29 November 2016 7.30pm
- Wednesday 30 November 2016 7.30pm
- Thursday 1 December 2016 7.30pm
- Friday 2 December 2016 7.30pm
- Saturday 3 December 2016 2.30pm
- Saturday 3 December 2016 7.30pm
