New for 2025/26 and premiering at ENO in its 25th anniversary year, DEAD MAN WALKING is playing at the London Coliseum this November.
Witness ENO’s unmissable new production of Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally’s powerful operatic drama, which follows a death row inmate in his final days and the pursuit of truth that puts a nun’s faith to the test.
Based on a true story from the memoir of Sister Helen and adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, the conflicting drama plays out behind the bars of a high-security United States prison.
Contrasted by a beautiful and poignant score composed by Jake Heggie – Musical America’s 2025 Composer of the Year – DEAD MAN WALKING is the most widely performed opera of the 21st century.
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Joseph De Rocher faces death by lethal injection for the brutal and senseless murder of two teenagers. While Joseph refuses to accept his guilt, we follow the religious and personal struggles of Sister Helen Prejean. She offers him spiritual guidance and witnesses the unbearable pain felt by the victim’s families, who’ve been left devastated by Joseph’s horrific and unforgivable crimes.
Will Sister Helen succeed in getting the confession the families deserve? Or will Joseph maintain his innocence to the very end?
Tickets available for performances from Saturday 1 November – Tuesday 18 November 2025.
2hrs 50mins with one interval.
Christine Rice (Sister Helen Prejean), Michael Mayes (Joseph De Rocher), Sarah Connolly (Mrs Patrick De Rocher), Madeline Boreham (Sister Rose), Andrew Manea (Warden George Benton), Ronald Samm (Father Grenville), Gweneth Ann Rand (Kitty Hart), Jacques Imbrailo (Owen Hart), Catherine Carby (Jade Boucher), Hubert Francis (Howard Bucher), Zwakele Tshabalala (Motorcycle Cop), Michael Lafferty (Older Brother), Marcus Swietlicki (Younger Brother), Olivia Rose Tringham (Sister Catherine), Amy Holyland (Sister Lillianne), Alaric Green (Prison Guard 1), Malachy Frame (Prison Guard 2).
Annilese Miskimmon (Director), Kerem Hasan (Conductor), Alex Eales (Set Designer), Evie Gurney (Costume Designer), D.M. Wood (Lighting Designer), Imogen Knight (Movement and Intimacy Director)
Age Guidance: 18+
'[Annilese Miskimmon is a] 'respected opera director''
'‘He [Conductor Kerem Hasan] has a superb technique’'
