News
4-star review in the Telegraph
'Opera North's new production of the world-famous Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, Carousel, is thoughtful and well-judged' read review.
Great reviews in The Times and the Guardian
5 stars in The Times: 'The sadness is electric and the theme timeless' read review.
4 stars in the Guardian: 'easily the best Carousel since Nicholas Hytner's National Theatre revival nearly 20 years ago' read review.
Live on BBC Radio 3
Yvonne Howard, Sarah Tynan and Joe Shovelton (Nettie, Carrie and Enoch) will be performing live on BBC Radio 3's In Tune on Monday 6 August. They will be on air from 4.30pm, you'll be able to listen live (and on catch-up for 7 days) here.
Brand new trailer
Sky Arts go behind the scenes
Reviews from the Sunday papers
The Observer
"...an uncomplicated and excellent pleasure"
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Independent on Sunday 4 stars
"If the first faltering refrain of "You'll never walk alone" doesn't get you, Kim Brandstrup's exquisite ballet portrait of Billy's orphaned daughter Louise (Alex Newton) will."
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Trailer
The first reviews are in
The Guardian, 5 stars
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The Telegraph, 4 stars
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The Express, 4 stars
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Arts Desk, 4 stars
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Audience Reaction
Production photography
When the Children Are Asleep
Listen to Joe Shovelton, Claire Boulter and the Orchestra of Opera North performing When The Children Are Asleep
Daily Telegraph preview
The Daily Telegraph's Rupert Christiansen previews Carousel, "It's a show that can make the driest of eyes moisten and the tone-deaf want to sing"
You'll Never Walk Alone
Listen to Elena Ferrari and the Orchestra of Opera North performing You'll Never Walk Alone
The Music
The Story
Set in a tight-knit fishing community on the New England coastline, Carousel revolves around the ill-fated love affair between charismatic Billy Bigelow, a travelling carnival man, and trusting Julie Jordan, a worker at the local mill. Having married against everyone's advice only weeks after they first met, their budding relationship hits a rocky road as Billy struggles with his temper, the constraints of settling down and financial difficulties. It is only after learning that he is soon to become a father that Billy vows to change his ways and provide for his family. But he falls in with the wrong crowd and dies in the aftermath of a robbery gone horribly wrong.
Sent to purgatory for 15 years after his death, Billy is given one day to redeem his soul before he is permitted to enter the Heavenly Gates. Trying to perform a single good deed, he seeks out his daughter, now a rebellious teenager destined to follow in his troubled footsteps. Billy reaches out to her, but is it too little too late, or will it be enough to change both their lives forever?
