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With singers performing from memory and staging devised by theatre and opera director Tom Morris, this enthralling and moving production has received standing ovations across the country.

If your Christmas plans aren’t complete until you’ve got a performance of Handel’s Messiah in the diary then look no further than critically-acclaimed opera company Wild Arts (★★★★★ Opera Now, ★★★★ The Guardian) for this year’s festive fix.

Following a sell-out performance here last year, Wild Arts returns to Smith Square Hall with its innovative dramatisation of Handel’s legendary telling of the Christmas story.

Performing the entire piece from memory, the singers bring music and story to life, with staging devised by theatre and opera director Tom Morris (Breaking the Waves, Dr Semmelweis, War Horse). The musicians of the Wild Arts Ensemble, playing period instruments, are directed by Wild Arts’ Artistic Director Orlando Jopling in this enthralling and moving production that has received standing ovations across the country.