Dead Man Walking

Opera North performs Jake Heggie's Olivier Award-winning opera Dead Man Walking, based on Sister Helen Prejean's death row memoir.

Opera North brings Dead Man Walking, by Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally, to the Theatre Royal Main Stage. Based on Sister Helen Prejean's memoir, it follows Sister Helen as she offers spiritual guidance to Joseph De Rocher, a prisoner awaiting execution for a double murder, caught between his family's grief and that of his victims' families. The Olivier Award-winning co-production with English National Opera and Finnish National Opera is sung in English with English subtitles and runs about three hours including an interval. The performance is for ages 18+ and contains intense themes including murder, execution and grief.