Ruddigore is a high-camp revival at the glorious Wilton’s Music Hall – review
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.
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.
If nothing else it was a good excuse to spend an evening at the glorious Wilton’s Music Hall, one of our favourite venues. We were relieved and rather pleasantly surprised to learn that Ruddigore is great fun – this high-camp revival is an absolute hoot.
It helps that the performers seem really invested – it feels like the whole thing is a joke and everyone is in on it. 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.
