Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonMatthew White's production of the challenging Candide is ambitious if somewhat over the topCandide ends with Voltaire's famous imperative: "Il faut cultiver notre jardin." Getting Bernstein's 1956 musical adaptation of the 18th-century novel on stage must be more labour-intensive than the most heavy-duty gardening. It's a challenge in every way: the musical's relentlessly satirical ton…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM on December 7, 2013