Mathematical superhero troupe, the Code Crusaders, are in desperate need of a new member. They travel through space and time and land in Victorian England and arrive at twelve year old Ada Lovelace’s house. But this can’t be right - Ada is just a little girl. Can this child really be a revolutionary mathematician?

Exploring the life, work and legacy of the world’s first computer programmer Ada Lovelace, Ada and the Code Crusaders is a fun-filled, adventure-fuelled, participatory opera that brings out the scientist in us all.

Ada and the Code Crusaders is written and composed by Anna Pool, directed by Nel Crouch and designed by Ella Barraclough.

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Anna Pool

Nel Crouch

Ella Barraclough

Phil Wilcox

Lara Skowronska

Paul Hernes Barnes

Natasha Agarwal

Rebecca Milford

Judy Louie Brown

Beth Moxon

John Ieuan Jones

Wonsick Oh

Phil Wilcox

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Venues & Tour Dates

Tue 17 Mar – Sat 23 May

Schools performance - Sheffield

Tue 17 Mar, 10:00am

Tue 17 Mar, 2:00pm

Schools performance - Gloucestershire

Tue 24 Mar, 10:00am

Wed 25 Mar, 1:30pm

Schools performance - Lincolnshire

Mon 30 Mar, 10:00am

Mon 30 Mar, 2:00pm

Tue 31 Mar, 10:00am

Tue 31 Mar, 2:00pm

Wed 1 Apr, 10:00am

Wed 1 Apr, 2:00pm

Schools performance - East London

Tue 14 Apr, 10:00am

Tue 14 Apr, 2:00pm

Wed 15 Apr, 10:00am

Wed 15 Apr, 2:00pm

Mon 20 Apr, 10:00am

Mon 20 Apr, 2:00pm

Schools performance - Derbyshire

Fri 17 Apr, 10:00am

Fri 17 Apr, 2:00pm

Schools Performance - North London

Tue 21 Apr, 10:00am

Tue 21 Apr, 2:00pm

Schools performance - Norwich

Thu 23 Apr, 2:00pm

Fri 24 Apr, 10:00am

Fri 24 Apr, 1:30pm

Schools performance - Cheshire

Wed 29 Apr, 10:00am

Schools performance - Canterbury

Fri 1 May, 2:00pm

Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

Mon 4 May, 11:00am

Mon 4 May, 2:00pm

Schools performance - Cambridge

Thu 7 May, 2:00pm

Fri 8 May, 2:00pm

Schools Performance - Cornwall

Thu 14 May, 10:00am

Thu 14 May, 1:00pm

Fri 15 May, 10:00am

Fri 15 May, 1:00pm

Exeter Library

Sun 17 May, 3:00pm

Schools performance - Durham

Wed 20 May, 2:00pm

Schools Performance - Gateshead

Thu 21 May, 2:00pm

Schools performance - York

Fri 22 May, 2:00pm

Acomb Library

Sat 23 May, 3:00pm

The Gondoliers

Fri 20 Mar – Thu 21 May

Pagliacci

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