Ruddigore: Relaxed Performance

Wednesday 30 October 2024

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Enjoy a performance of Ruddigore in a relaxed environment.

Our relaxed performances ensure a theatre that is inclusive and welcoming for all. The performances are designed for people who may make spontaneous noises, need to leave and return to their seat or access the toilets during the performance, and who may find a traditional theatre setting with complete silence and darkness hard to cope with. 

What to expect

  • Bright lighting and loud noises will be reduced.
  • The lights in the theatre will remain on low.
  • A relaxed attitude to people leaving and returning whenever they need to.
  • An information pack will be sent in advance with an easy-to-read synopsis and guide to the theatre.
  • Quiet spaces will be available if people need a break.
  • There will be clear signs and friendly staff on hand to help.
  • You can ask to have empty seats around your booking.

You can contact our friendly box office team with any questions, to book by phone or to request extra space next to seats on 0113 223 3600 or boxoffice@operanorth.co.uk

More accessible performances

Price

£20. For every 10 tickets booked get 1 free.

Start time
2pm

Running time
Approximately 2 hours 50 minutes including one interval

Language
Sung in English with English subtitles

Guidance
Please be aware that Act 2 of this production contains flashing lights and gunshots

Group bookings
Contact Box Office

About Ruddigore

Step into the mayhem

Bad baronet Sir Despard Murgatroyd has inherited a centuries-old curse – he must commit a crime a day or die in agony. That is, until the timid Robin Oakapple is revealed as his long-lost brother and the true inheritor of the curse. Blossoming romance will be dashed, and a chorus of ghosts will reappear when Robin’s feeble crimes don’t cut it with his ancestors. In this topsy-turvy world, is there a way to break the curse?

Hilarity, dancing and tongue-twisting singing… Ruddigore has all the hallmarks of classic Gilbert and Sullivan, a creative duo unlike any other who made a profound mark on the light opera world.

“Wickedly funny… one of the great Gilbert & Sullivan stagings”
★★★★★ — The Guardian

“Operetta bliss. A must for all G&S fans”
★★★★ — The Telegraph

“A comic masterpiece”
★★★★ — The Stage

Cast & creative

A man with short curly hair and a black t-shirt.
Dominic Sedgwick

Robin Oakapple / Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd

Xavier Hetherington

Richard Dauntless

A man with a short beard and hair brush to his right.
John Savournin

Sir Despard Murgatroyd

A man with a beard wearing a shirt.
Henry Waddington

Old Adam Goodheart

Steven Page
Steven Page

Sir Roderic Murgatroyd

A woman with curly dark hair resting her head on her hand.
Amy Freston

Rose Maybud

Helen Évora

Mad Margaret

Claire Pascoe

Dame Hannah

A man wearing glasses without frames.
Anthony Kraus

Conductor

Jo Davies

Director

A man with short hair and glasses.
James Hurley

Revival Director

A bald man with round glasses.
Richard Hudson

Set Designer

Gabrielle Dalton

Costume Designer

A woman with curly hair and long earrings.
Anna Watson

Lighting Designer

A woman with dark curly hair.
Kay Shepherd

Choreographer

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