Details

A naive young man believes that 'all is for the best' even when confronted by evil. Originally performed in 1956, additional songs added in 1974. Candide explores a world that is dominated by violence, greed, war, hatred and a series of catastrophic events seemingly unmitigated by goodness, truth, beauty or God. Concert Performance

Cast/Performers

Rob Houchen (Candide), James Dreyfus (Pangloss), Louise Gold, Michael Matus, Stewart Clarke (Maximillian), Anna O'Byrne (Cunegonde), Jessica Duncan (Paquette), Will Arundell, Paul Bradshaw, Maeve Byrne, Charlotte Clitherow, Hywel Dowsell, Rhiannon Doyle, David Fearn, Benjamin Froehlich, Alice Gruden, Richard James King, Jerome Knox, Ben Mabberley, Chris McGuigan, Danielle Morris, Sophie Reeves, Jemma Revell, Rebecca Ridout, Jacob Robson, Lydia Shaw, Katie Shearman, Tim Southgate, Kieran Sutcliffe, Veronica Van Muyen, Lizzie Wofford

Creatives/Company

Book by: Voltaire
Music: Leonard Bernstein
Adapted by: Hugh Wheeler
Lyrics(s): Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche
Company: London Musical Theatre Orchestra
Conductor: Freddie Tapner
Director(s): Shaun Kerrison, Anne Vosser (casting director)
Other: Debs White (orchestra leader)
Sound: Avgoustos Psillas (for Autograph)
Lighting: Mike Robertson