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Sherlock Holmes and The Sign of Four

28 to 31 August 2024

Leeds Opera Festival

Leeds School of Arts

An opera by Lliam Paterson

World premiere production

Join the world's most famous consulting detective in a story of murder and stolen treasure that spans the globe ...

Start: 7pm

Interval: 8.20pm

Finish: 9.15pm

A bar is available pre show, and during the interval. Card payments only

5* Review's Hub
"Northern Opera Group has scored a triumph ... thrilling ... hugely enjoyable"

Audiences
"The production was absolutely stunning. Modern, creative, highly professional and with appropriate creative comic elements"

"We all thought the production was fabulous. The direction was flawless; the singing excellent; the set design, costume, props and stage management were imaginative and wonderful and the band was superb"

"Brilliantly sung and acted. Very well cast. Loved all the old-school stagecraft and imaginative use of props and scenery"
Music and libretto by
Lliam Paterson

Based on
'The Sign of the Four' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Director
David Ward

Conductor
Ellie Slorach

Designer
Caitlin Mawhinney

Costume Supervisor
Siân Booth

Lighting Designer
Charly Dunford


Production Manager
Ryan Watson

Stage Manager
Millie McElhinney

Deputy Stage Manager
Amy Batty

Assistant Director
Marie Riley

Surtitles
Jonathan Rainey Reid
Sherlock Holmes
Edward Hawkins

John Watson
David Horton

Mary Morstan
Ellen Mawhinney

Mrs Hudson / Mrs Forrester / Mrs Smith
Katy Thomson

Thaddeus Sholto
Dominic Mattos

Athelney Jones / Stamford
Zahid Siddiqui

Jonathan Small
Trevor Eliot Bowes

Toby puppeteer
Marie Riley

Orchestra

Ed Pether (violin), Kimi Makino (viola), James Heathcote (cello), Emily Wilson (bass clarinet), Tom Hall (percussion), Celina Saout (harp)
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