Candide
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?
Special thanks to Sam Dore for the photographs
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