About the Show

By Voltair, adapted by Scott Hunter

Directed by Roman Stefanski 

When the ever optimistic Candide is thrown from his privileged home, disgraced for kissing the salacious Cunegonde, his true love (and step-sister!), he begins a hectic romp around the world with his trusty servant searching for Enlightenment. But things go from bad to worse and back again as Candide is shaken by an earthquake, terrorised by torturers and cornered by cannibals.

This picaresque tale is packed to the brim with general silliness and brutal slapstick with impossible dilemmas and improbable escapes around every corner. Can Candide’s eternal optimism survive? Which deleted scene will the audience choose to view? Could this really be the best of all possible worlds?

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Special thanks to Sam Dore for the photographs

About the Show

By Bertolt Brecht 

Translated by James and Tania Stern, with WH Auden
Directed by Jenny Eastop 

A travelling band of singers and storytellers arrives to entertain the village. As they settle down to play, an extraordinary story unfolds…

When the land of Grusinia is turned upside-down by a sudden coup, Grusha the kitchen maid flees with the rest of the court, but she can’t bring herself to leave an abandoned baby behind. 

Grusha and the child set off on a terrifying journey, trying to outrun the Ironshirts who’ve seized power. After Grusha bargains away her happiness, they settle in a remote mountain village.

But when the war is over and the tables have turned once again, the child’s real mother comes to reclaim him. After all this time, to whom does the child really belong?

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Special thanks to Sam Dore for the photographs

CAST

About the show...

A rustling amongst the ashes in the hearth is the only sign of the Ash Girl. No-one has told her she has to be there - she’s banished herself to the dust.

Her sisters and step-mother tease her – the exotic prince is throwing a party and she won’t be going.

Outside in the forest, monsters stalk through the gloom, scheming and infectious. But there are friends too offering friendship, wisdom and magic…

‘Lyrical and thought provoking’ Independent on Sunday

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Special thanks to Sam Dore for the photographs.

CAST