International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival returns to Derbyshire - here's how to get tickets
Buxton Opera House will welcome back the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival this summer.
Renowned as the friendliest opera festival in the world and running from July 30 until August 6, the programme will include three new productions by the acclaimed National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company. The all-time favourite, The Pirates of Penzance, will be directed by Sarah Helsby Hughes and stars James Cleverton as the dashing Pirate King.
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Hide AdThe rarely performed Utopia Limited, directed by Jeff Clarke and starring Richard Suart as King Paramount, will be aired by the company which last stagedthe work 11 years ago. Jeff Clarke said: "What Utopia is really about is the sending up of Victorian society and British morals and mores. And surprisingly, or maybe not surprisingly, not a lot of those have changed, and there is a lot that is still incredibly relevant to our society today".
John Savournin directs a new production of Iolanthe starring Matthew Kellett as the Lord Chancellor. This satirical fantasy conjures the escapism we all need right now with a hilarious story and an abundance of fairies and dim-witted members of the House of Lords.
Jeff Clarke also brings his much celebrated production of Opera della Luna's HMS Pinafore. John Savournin brings Charles Court Opera's Patience and their acclaimed Express G&S - "When Agatha Christie meets Gilbert and Sullivan" parlour production. Forbear! Theatre will perform a new production of The Gondoliers.
Competing amateur groups at the festival in Buxton will include Peak Opera with The Mikado.
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Hide AdRunning alongside the festival is a jam-packed fringe programme including talks and concerts.
Tickets are now on sale online at www.buxtonoperahouse.org.ukor call the box office 01298 72190.
Further information is available at the online site www.gsfestivals.org or call 01422 323252.
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