Candide

Candide (2018)

When young Candide's marriage offer to a baron's daughter backfires, the naïve student of optimism is hurled into an eye-opening journey around the globe, discovering the horrors of existence at every step. Turning Voltaire’s Candide, a stinging blast against tyranny and feigned moralising, into toe-wiggling musical theatre is a crazy idea. Bernstein revised his operetta countless times before settling on the final version. The Grange Festival’s 2018 semi-staged production commemorates the composer’s 100th birthday.

Director: Christopher Luscombe

Casts

	Richard Suart as Narrator/Pangloss/Martin
	Rob Houchen as Candide
	Katie Hall as Cunegonde
	Charles Rice as Maximilian
	Rosemary Ashe as Old Woman
	Kitty Whately as Paquette
	Robert Murray as Cacambo/Governor/Vanderdendur/1st Agent

Crew