Ruthven then goes undercover and tries to evade being discovered – along the way we’re introduced to his foster brother, sailor Richard Dauntless (Kieran Parrott) and they both fall for the same girl, Rose Maybad (Madeline Robinson) – it’s all as ridiculous as it sounds. In order to escape this fate, the current holder of the curse, Ruthven Murgatroyd (Joe Winter), fakes his own death so it is transferred to his younger brother. In a nutshell, we learn about the curse of the Murgatroyd family – the bearer of this curse must commit a crime daily, or perish. ![]() The plot is as silly and absurdist as you might expect. Deploying expert precision with their comic timing and displaying a hilarious array of comedic facial expressions, our talented actors tell a tale which is absolutely preposterous, accompanied by some wonderful music. It helps that the performers seem really invested – it feels like the whole thing is a joke and everyone is in on it. We were relieved and rather pleasantly surprised to learn that Ruddigore is great fun – this high-camp revival is an absolute hoot. ![]() If nothing else it was a good excuse to spend an evening at the glorious Wilton’s Music Hall, one of our favourite venues. ![]() However, having thoroughly enjoyed a production of HMS Pinafore at this very venue last year, and having previously caught productions of classic Gilbert and Sullivan operettas including The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado, we thought we’d check Ruddigore out. We’ll admit that we didn’t really know much about Ruddigore before seeing it, other than it was one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s less-performed works – and experience has taught us that if a work is rarely performed, there’s often a good reason for that.
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