Ruddigore 1887

Opened: January 22, 1887

Ruddigore - 1887 - West End History , Info & More

Savoy Theatre
Savoy Ct, London WC2R 0ET, United Kingdom London

Opera North make a welcome return to the Grand Opera House in 2012 with their acclaimed production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore.



Sir Despard Murgatroyd is a man under pressure. He has inherited a witch’s curse forcing him to commit a crime a day or die in agony.



So it’s a huge relief when shy Robin Oakapple is revealed as his long-lost elder brother – true inheritor of the curse. Robin’s chances with the prim Rose Maybud look doomed, but his troubles really start when his feeble crimes drag his exasperated ancestors back from the dead...

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Gilbert & Sullivan's RUDDIGORE To Run At Wilton's Music Hall in 2023
by Stephi Wild - Oct 12, 2022


Surreal comedy meets genuinely spooky Victorian chiller in this unmissable production of Gilbert & Sullivan's RUDDIGORE or 'The Witch's Curse'.

McGill Savoy Society Presents Gilbert and Sullivan's RUDDIGORE
by Julie Musbach - Jan 21, 2019


Tickets are now on sale for the McGill Savoy Society's upcoming production of Gilbert and Sullivan's RUDDIGORE, or The Witch's Curse: An Entirely Original Supernatural Opera!

BWW Review: RUDDIGORE - Gilbert & Sullivan Austin's Summer Grand Production
by Lynn Beaver - Jun 16, 2018


Gilbert & Sullivan Austin has a long, glorious past of traditionally amazing shows. Unfortunately their current production of RUDDIGORE is a mixed bag and doesn't come off as well as it likely could.

NY Gilbert & Sullivan Prepares for RUDDIGORE
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 9, 2018


New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, America's preeminent professional Gilbert & Sullivan repertory company, continues its exhilarating 2017-18 Season on Saturday, April 14 (2PM) with its spring offering, Ruddigore, at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (East 68th Street between Park & Lexington Avenues). Scenic designer Albere has been working overtime putting finishing touches on the scenery for the production design paying homage to the iconic illustrator Edward Gorey.  Ruddigore will play a strictly limited engagement April 14 & 15 with a family bonus, Family Overture Series on Sunday, April 15th at 1:45PM.

NY Gilbert & Sullivan Announces Casting For RUDDIGORE at Kaye Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Mar 27, 2018


New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, America's preeminent professional Gilbert & Sullivan repertory company, continues its exhilarating 2017-18 Season on Saturday, April 14 (2PM) with its spring offering, Ruddigore, at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (East 68th Street between Park & Lexington Avenues). Featuring a production design paying homage to the iconic illustrator Edward Gorey, Ruddigore will play a strictly limited engagement April 14 & 15 with a family bonus, Family Overture Series on Sunday, April 15th at 1:45PM.

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players Continues Season with RUDDIGORE
by Julie Musbach - Mar 13, 2018


New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, America's preeminent professional Gilbert & Sullivan repertory company, continues its exhilarating 2017-18 Season on Saturday, April 14 (2PM) with its spring offering, Ruddigore, at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (East 68th Street between Park & Lexington Avenues). Featuring a production design paying homage to the iconic illustrator Edward Gorey, Ruddigore will play a strictly limited engagement April 14 & 15 with a family bonus, Family Overture Series on Sunday, April 15th at 1:45PM

BWW Review: RUDDYGORE, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
by Gregor Dickson - Mar 23, 2017


The Edinburgh Gilbert & Sullivan Society's latest venture combines sparkling performances, modern references and excellent sound design in one of G&S's less well known comic operas.

Lamplighters Music Theatre to Present RUDDYGORE
by Tyler Peterson - Jan 22, 2016


 Lamplighters Music Theatre will produce Gilbert & Sullivan's Ruddygore this winter, a comic masterpiece that melds the world of Jane Austen with a good old-fashioned English ghost story and a dash of Wuthering Heights romance. 

Finborough Theatre to Present PRINCESS IDA, Beginning 24 March
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 2, 2015


The Finborough Theatre's acclaimed Celebrating British Music Theatre series continues with the first professional London production in over twenty years of Gilbert and Sullivan's Princess Ida opening at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 24 March 2015 (Press Night: Thursday, 26 March 2015 at 7.30pm).

‘Ruddigore o la Nissaga Maleïda’ vuelve a Barcelona
by Laura Pelaez - Sep 5, 2012


El próximo otoño, el musical Ruddigore o la Nissaga Maleïda, de la compañía Egos Teatre, regresará a Barcelona. Se trata del musical que dio a conocer a la compañía y se instalará en la Sala 2 del Club Capitol, del próximo 3 de octubre al 4 de noviembre.

The Finborough Theatre Presents Gilbert and Sullivan's THE GRAND DUKE,
by Harmony Wheeler - Mar 13, 2012


The New Actors Company in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre presents THE GRAND DUKE. The Finborough Theatre's 'Celebrating British Music Theatre' series continues with the first fully staged professional UK production of Gilbert and Sullivan's final operetta, The Grand Duke, since the original 1896 production. It opens at the Finborough Theatre for a strictly limited run of six Sundays and Mondays from Sunday, 1 April 2012.

'Ruddigore o la estirpe maldita' en el Teatro Fernán Gómez de Madrid
by Roberto Rodriguez - Jan 5, 2011


Desde el Viernes 18 de Febrero hasta el Sábado 19 de Marzo, el Teatro Fernán Gómez de Madrid acogerá el musical 'Ruddigore o la estirpe maldita', una versión libre creada por la compañía Egos Teatre de la opereta de Gilbert y Sullivan.

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