★★★★’Extremely well sung’ OPERA NOW 

★★★★‘Exquisite’ ‘Ingenious’   EVENING STANDARD 

Join us and Charles Court Opera to celebrate their 20th anniversary. One of our favourite opera companies presents an evening of luxurious music, with a collection of hand-picked scenes and arias from Mozart to Sullivan and Puccini, performed by CCO’s finest singers.   

CCO are one of the UK’s most celebrated chamber opera companies, and this gala evening performance is one not to miss. 

Charles Court Opera  

Artistic Director & CEO: John Savournin 

Musical Director: David Eaton 

CCO has been described as one of the leading and most versatile chamber opera and music theatre companies in the UK. 

Working regularly on co-productions with Opera Holland Park and the Jermyn Street Theatre, as well as playing at Wilton’s Music Hall, London’s Arcola Theatre, the IF Opera Festival, the company are regulars at The Festival Theatre having performed their award-winning Gilbert and Sullivan productions with us each season for the last 6 years. 

CCO are committed to devising new work, education and outreach, securing a Concordia Foundation Legacy Award from Gillian Humphreys OBE, to create ‘Young Audiences’ projects for schools over 4 years. Their radio series for children ‘Open Up the Opera House’ in collaboration with Little Radio and CBBC’s Chris Jarvis, was supported by Arts Council England and the Concordia Foundation.                         

The Man in the Moon, their interactive new musical for families which focusses on ecological matters, written by John Savournin and Samuel Bordoli – a former composer in residence at Scottish Opera – which was originally commissioned by the Concordia Foundation.   

They are considered one of the champions of the reinvigoration of Gilbert and Sullivan, described as “the masters of G&S in small places” and winning the 2020 Off-West-End award for Best Opera Production for H.M.S. Pinafore. They have presented a wide range of repertoire aside from Gilbert Sullivan, including Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, Puccini’s La Bohème and Tosca, Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Impresario, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Mozart and Salieri, and an evening of the Avant Garde including music by Ligeti, Maxwell Davies and Schoenberg, linked to a composition education project supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and RC Sherriff Trust. 

CCO’s notorious ‘Boutique Pantos’ are a legendary part of London’s Christmas, known for their ‘off-piste’ nature and described by the Telegraph as “an annual madhouse”. The productions received high praise, garnering many “Offies” award nominations. 

★★★★’Wickedly funny’ THE GUARDIAN 

‘…A sparklingly fresh package of laughs, pathos, foolery and high-class music making.’ TIME OUT CRITIC’S CHOICE 

Running time: 1 hour 50 minutes with interval 

Allocated Covered Seating

£34.35

*Festival Friends & Hever Castle, Hever Golf and Wellbeing Club Members 

*Groups, over 20 tickets 

*Please contact the box office, we can reserve tickets for you while you organise your group.

Joint Theatre and Castle Garden entry

Please Note: Ticket prices have remained at 2024 prices. We have however embedded the booking fee for the first time.

Two Sisters’ Theatre

Located on the Two Sister’s Lawn, our theatre has…

One continuous roof, every auditorium seat is undercover and allocated. The roof section over the auditorium is transparent so you will be able to enjoy the stars above, as you watch The Stars on stage!

We can close our walls for events outside the summer months. The walls are clear, so you still feel you are in the beautiful garden just with protection from the weather.

For some summer shows the lawns are opened up. You to choose where to sit when you arrive and enjoy your picnic during the event. You will need to bring your own seats, beanbags or rugs etc for the lawns.

Please check our access page for further information.

The theatre bar will be open before the event and during the interval for hot and cold drinks, snacks, ice cream and hot sausage rolls and Cornish pasties.

Pre-Theatre Suppers will be available before this performance. Click here to express your interest and you will be the first to be informed once the menu is published and online table booking becomes available, at the beginning of March.