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Singer

Baritone

Dominic Sedgwick

Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd

Tenor

Xavier Hetherington

Richard Dauntless

John Savournin

Sir Despard Murgatroyd

Bass

Henry Waddington

Old Adam Goodheart

Bass-baritone

Steven Page

Sir Roderic Murgatroyd

Soprano

Amy Freston

Rose Maybud

Mezzo-soprano

Helen Evora

Mad Margaret

Contralto

Claire Pascoe

Dame Hannah

Conductor

Anthony Kraus

Stage director

Jo Davies

Revival Stage Director

James Hurley

Set designer

Richard Hudson

Costume designer

Gabrielle Dalton

Lighting designer

Anna Watson

Choreographer

Kay Shepherd

Robin Oakapple

English

Ruddigore

Leeds

United Kingdom

Grand Theatre

Newcastle-on-Tyne

Theatre Royal

Salford Quays

The Lowry

Nottingham

Ruddigore Sullivan

Public

Private

Joshua Dos

Approved

Leeds Grand Theatre

Bad baronet Sir Despard Murgatroyd has inherited a centuries-old witch’s curse forcing him to commit a crime a day or die in agony.

So it’s a huge relief when timid Robin Oakapple is revealed as his long-lost elder brother and the true inheritor of the curse. Robin’s romance with the faultlessly correct Rose Maybud looks doomed, but his troubles really start when his feeble crimes drag his exasperated ancestors back from the dead to haunt him…

A reluctant villain, a modest maiden, amiable ghosts and scary professional bridesmaids: Gilbert & Sullivan make merry with Victorian melodrama in this hilariously inventive confection. Jo Davies’ (Carousel, Kiss Me, Kate!) production was hailed as an instant classic when it opened and is full of the spirit of G&S’s celebrated topsy-turvy invention.

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