Marking its ENO debut in the 2025/26 season—and celebrating its 25th anniversary—Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally’s gripping operatic drama arrives in a powerful new production. Dead Man Walking follows the harrowing final days of a death row inmate, exposing a raw, emotional journey that tests the limits of justice, faith, and redemption.
Joseph De Rocher awaits execution by lethal injection for the brutal murder of two teenagers. He insists on his innocence, even as Sister Helen Prejean, a nun offering him spiritual counsel, grapples with her own crisis of belief. Torn between compassion for a condemned man and the unbearable grief of the victims' families, Sister Helen seeks truth and accountability in a story that confronts the deepest questions of forgiveness, guilt, and human dignity.
Can Sister Helen uncover the truth the families need? Or will Joseph carry his secret to the grave?
Children under the age of 18 will not be admitted.
Running time - 2hrs and 50mins
Booking until - 18/11/2025
No Under 18's – unless specifically stated otherwise
Children under the age of 16 must be seated with an adult/someone over 18. The adult cannot be sitting separately.
Our cloakroom fee is £2 per item, whether it’s a bag or a coat. We can accommodate small bags, coats, and other small items. We class a small bag as standard rucksack size or smaller or a standard handbag. Our cloakroom opens 75 minutes before the performance. It remains open for 30 minutes following the show
Latecomers - if you are late, you will be able to view the performance on a TV monitor whilst our staff wait for an appropriate point in the performance to allow you to enter the auditorium and take your seat. Our staff will try to do this as early as they can within the performance but this isn’t always possible and in some cases you may be asked to wait until the interval.