Ryedale District Council supports the Ryedale Festival.

Milton Rooms, Malton

Community opera - A Pig's Tale

Book and Lyrics by Peter Spafford
Music by Nick Williams
Em Whitfield, director
Tim Brooks, musical director
Lyn Wait, designer

It is 1386. In the small French town of Roumaisonne, where superstitions are rife, a pig is put on trial in a court of law for attacking a child. Will the pig be found guilty? The case splits the community. Based on a true story, A Pig's Tale is a larger-than-life comedy of dark dungeons, evil barons, raging floods and singing beasts, performed by a huge cast and crew of participants from schools, colleges and the wider community from across Ryedale, and produced by the familiar Community Opera team especially for this Festival.