Handel's Messiah at Hexham Abbey

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 for this year’s festive fix.

Following a sell-out tour in 2023, Wild Arts bring their fresh, innovative dramatisation of Handel's legendary telling of the Christmas story to Hexham this December.

Performing their solos from memory, star 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 on instruments similar to the ones that would have been around when Handel was composing his masterpiece, are directed by Wild Arts’ Artistic Director Orlando Jopling in this enthralling production.