Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston presents Ruddigore

Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston presents Ruddigore (or The Witch’s Curse) at Cullen Performance Hall at the University of Houston the last two weekends of July. Two performances are set for Saturday evenings (July 20 and July 27 at 7 p.m.), while two are Sunday matinees (July 21 and July 28 at 2:30 p.m.). 

Ruddigore is characterized as “Jane Austen meets Young Frankenstein.” The gothic elements, infused with a sense of humor, will bring a level of madness in the best possible way. The costumes are Regency era, the score is engaging and for the first time the company will experiment with digital scenery. Audiences of all ages should be enamored of this fun and spooky period piece. The operetta is an ensemble tour de force with fun characters and a score featuring several showstoppers. The stage at historic Cullen Performance Hall will come alive with a plethora of large personalities, singing, dancing and acting in this send-up of Victorian melodrama. 

A satirical take on the Victorian melodrama genre, Ruddigore’s zany plot has it all – ghosts, witches, curses, disguises, and reluctantly wicked villains who try to make off with the fair maiden. All of the Baronets of Ruddigore are under a curse enacted by a witch long ago - each of the successive Baronets must commit some kind of a crime every single day, or else they will die in agony. 

Come to see Ruddigore to find out who lives and dies, who gets the girl and how the ghosts figure in.