Opera North

Voted the best musical of the 20th century by Time magazine, Carousel is one of the finest works composed by one of Broadway’s most successful partnerships, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Alongside Carousel, their other much-loved hits of stage and screen include The Sound of Music, Oklahoma! and The King and I.

Studded with some of the most powerful, uplifting and moving music ever written for the stage, songs from Carousel include If I Loved You, the joyous June Is Bustin Out All Over, and, of course, the timeless anthem You'll Never Walk Alone. Featuring stunning choreography, this electrifying staging of Carousel is an unmissable theatre highlight for 2015.

Set in a tight-knit community on the New England coast, Carousel revolves around the ill-fated affair between the charismatic but troubled Billy Bigelow and a young mill-worker, Julie Jordan. When they fall in love after a chance meeting at the carnival, little do they realise that Billy’s rebellious ways will soon end in tragedy. Fifteen years later, Billy is given one more chance to make things right with Julie and the daughter he never met, but is it too little too late?