60th anniversary production of Candide

[Sedos]

Posted: 10/23/16 at 8:16am

Candide

Music by Leonard Bernstein

Book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler

Lyrics by Richard Wilbur

Box office: sedos.co.uk

 

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 has been delighting audiences for 60 years. This production celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Broadway premiere on 1 December. 

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.

 

23 November-3 December

7.30pm, plus Saturday matinees at 2.30pm

Bridewell Theatre, Bride Lane, London EC4Y 8EQ

Tickets: £14.50-23

Saturday special gala night: Sat 26 Nov

Glitter and by gay gala night: Thu 1 Dec - wear something that sparkles to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Candide's premiere

 

Box office: sedos.co.uk