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Candide

Candide

8 July 2011 – 17 July 2011

8pm

Performance Dates

8 July 2011 – 17 July 2011

July 2011

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Details

Playwright
Music by Leonard Bernstein; Book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler; Lyrics by Richard Wilbur
Director
Kevin Langoulant


Candide is a fiercely funny comic operetta by Leonard Bernstein, based on the novella of the same name by Voltaire.
 
Candide is most famous for its colourful and varied score, and is considered by many the wittiest – indeed, funniest – operetta (whose plot encompasses rape, murder, executions, religious persecution and bodily mutilation) ever penned.
 
Part sophisticated operetta, part wacky screwball comedy with shades of Monty Python, this funny, irreverent satire is the perfect musical expression of Voltaire’s tongue-in-cheek send-up of optimistic philosophies.

 

All shows at 8pm, except Sunday, July 10 & July 17 @ 7pm

See website for more details: http://playlovers.org.au/?p=1391

Bookings will open on May 20th, and  can be made through the Playlovers website or via phone or email. 

 

Bookings

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