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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)
Edward Hawkins | Sherlock Holmes
David Horton | John Watson
Ellen Mawhinney | Mary Morstan
Katy Thomson | Mrs Hudson
Dominic Mattos | Thaddeus Sholto
Zahid Siddiqui | Athelney Jones
Trevor Eliot Bowes | Jonathan Small
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