Generous philanthropic support from the Paul Hamlyn Education Fund
A co-production between The Royal Ballet and Lost Dog
Ruination is devised in collaboration with the company
Director
Ben Duke
Musical Director
Yshani Perinpanayagam
Designer
Soutra Gilmour
Lighting designer
Jackie Shemesh
Video designer
Hayley Egan
Sound designer
Jethro Cooke
Dramaturg
Raquel Meseguer Zafe
Relighter
Catherine James
Assistant Choreographer
Winifred Burnet-Smith
Rehearsal Director
Hannes Langolf
Intimacy Director
Ita O'Brien
Original Assistant Director
Andreea Paduraru
Hades
Jean Daniel Broussé
Jason
Liam Francis
Persephone
Anna-Kay Gayle
Musician - Pianist
Yshani Perinpanayagam
Medea
Hannah Shepherd
Musician - Singer
Keith Pun
Aeetes
Miguel Altunaga
Glauce/Absyrtus
Maya Carroll
Musician - Singer
Sheree Dubois
Artistic Director
Ben Duke
Executive Producer
Daisy Drury
Producer
Emma Evans
Director
Kevin O’Hare CBE
Administrative Director
Heather Baxter
Creative Producer
Emma Southworth
Producers
Julia Gillespie, Hannah Mayhew and Rhiannon Savell
Administrative Producer
Ania Kapsza
Linbury Technical Manager
Thomas Thompson
Assistant Linbury Technical Manager
Nick Manning
Production Manager (Ruination)
Jenny Wheeler
Stage Manager (Ruination)
Amy Steadman
Deputy Stage Manager (Ruination)
Hannah Gillett
Prelude in C-sharp minor, op. 3 no. 2, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Carmina Burana, Carl Orff
Piano Stud...
Prelude in C-sharp minor, op. 3 no. 2, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Carmina Burana, Carl Orff
Piano Study in Mixed Accents, Ruth Crawford
Ointment Scene Music, Yshani Perinpanayagam
What Power Art Thou? (“Cold Song”) from King Arthur, Henry Purcell
Sposa son disprezzata, Germiniano Giacomelli
Just a Gigolo, Louis Prima
You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are, Keaton Henson
Clapping Music, Steve Reich
Prelude op. 28 no. 4, Frédéric Chopin
Stay with Me, Jerry Ragovoy / George David Weiss. Performed by Lorraine Ellison
Cara Sposa, George Frideric Handel
Mack the Knife, Kurt Weill. Performed by Bobby Darin
Pyramid Song, Radiohead
Isn’t it a Pity?, George Harrison arr. Nina Simone
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