Ruddigore November 2026

Ruddigore

Our autumn 2026 show will be Gilbert & Sullivan’s Ruddigore, from  12th to 14th November, at Bourne End Community Centre, Wakeman Road, Bourne End Buckinghamshire SL8 5SX.

This gothic comic opera parodies the conventions of the popular gothic culture of the time – from operas such as Marschner’s The Vampyr to popular melodramas of the day.

It’s filled with fantastic tunes, spooky ghosts, annoying bridesmaids, saucy sailors, bad baronets and feisty dames!

We’re delighted to welcome back the production team of Lucy Seymour as director and David Batsman as music director, who produced The Sorcerer in 2023 and HMS Pinafore in 2022.

We’d love you to come and join us, so put these dates in your diary.

Preview – Tuesday 16th June 2026, 7.45pm at Taplow Village Hall
Auditions – Sunday 5th July 2026 2.00pm at Taplow Village Hall
 

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Cast:
Robin Oakapple – Open
Richard Dauntless – Open
Sir Despard Murgatroyd – Don McDermott
Sir Roderic Murgatroyd – Tom Washington
Rose Maybud – Katarina Melling
Mad Margaret – Imogen Fletcher
Hannah – Recalled
Zorah – Cat Thompson
Ruth – Miranda Cann
Ensemble:
Mandy Hall
Claire Sargent
Jean Keene
Val Barnes
Cathy Spooner
Sally Ellis
Claire Ashton-Tait
Janet Stone
Laura Hobson
Emma Dennison
Kate Haffenden
Chris Denton
Mike Robinson
Robin Bratchley
Andy Few
Jon Morris
Max O’Brien
Jacqui O’Brien