What the press said

'the not to be missed musical event of the season' ★★★★★ The Guardian

'as good, if not better, than anything to be seen at the Festival and Fringe' ★★★★★ The Herald

'deliciously witty and audacious' ★★★★★ The Telegraph

'sits perfectly with the utter idiocy of the Voltaire-inspired plot' ★★★★★ The Scotsman

'an extraordinarily enjoyable experience' ★★★★★ ScotsGay Arts

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Cast & Creatives

Candide
William Morgan

Dr Pangloss/ Martin / Cacambo
Ronald Samm

Cunegonde
Paula Sides

Maximilian / Captain
Dan Shelvey

Paquette
Lea Shaw
Scottish Opera Emerging Artist 2021/22

The Old Lady
Susan Bullock

Baron / Governor / Vanderdendur / Ragotski
Jamie MacDougall

Actor
Sam Ebner-Landy

Conductor
Stuart Stratford

Director
Jack Furness

Designer
Tim Meacock

Lighting Designer
Clare O’Donoghue

Video Designer
Tim Reid

Choreographer
Maisie Newman

Associate Director
Annemiek van Elst

Intimacy Coordinator
Vanessa Coffey

Fight Director
David Goodall

Chorus of Candide

Sopranos
Rachael Brimley
Rachel Hynes
Monica Toll
Emily Mitchell

Mezzo-sopranos
Karen Murray
Jane Monari
Sarah Shorter
Alexandra Tiffin

Tenors
Monwabisi Lindi
Matthew Kimble
Declan McCusker
Christian Schneeberger
Cailean Swainson
David Douglas

Basses
Frank Church
Phil Gault
Paul Anwyl
Colin Murray
Alexey Gusev
Steven Faughey

Community Chorus

Robbie Allen, Anne Louise Anglim, Mitchum Bock, Carol Brown, Emily Brown, Moira Campbell, Neil Campbell, Lisa Chalmers, Minaxi Champaneri, Valerie Cleave, Caz Cockburn, Moya Cove, Fraser Dalziel, Jenny Douglas, Mohamed Elnour, Juliet Enoch, Linda Entwistle, Angela Estrada, Rezvan Faghani, Bernie Farrell, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Marion Flett, Helena Gardiner, Izzy Gardner, Faly Gitamvu, Lydia Gitamvu, Queen Gitamvu, Will Haese-Hill, Julian Harrison, Anne Higgins, Ronnie Lamont, Susan Langridge, Francesca Latif, Alison Leask, Loralee Lee, Pratiksha-Kate Lee, Andrew Lockyer, Cerys MacGillivray, Kat MacLeod, Elly Marsella, Alice McBride, Emma McElroy, Morven McElroy, Stuart McElroy, Margaret McGregor, Margaret Mcmillan, Naomi Moore, Despoina Moussa, Lynne Murray, Kathy O’Donnell, Sekou Louis Ouattara, Barbara Quigley, Rhona Raeburn, Yasmin Shah,Malahat Shahinduran, Julia Sin, Syed-Arshiyan Ali, Syeda-Sadef Anwar, Anastasia Tariq, Eileen Taylor, Kidisti Tekle, Carole Turner, Siobhan Walsh, Mark Watson, Jane Whitaker, Deia Wilkinson, Lesley Wilkinson

Watch: Candide 2022

Trailer | Candide 2022

Meet the Candide Community Chorus: Sekou Louis | Candide 2022

Preparing the Event of the Summer | Candide 2022