Posts Tagged 'W. S. Gilbert'

National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company: “Ruddigore” At Buxton Opera House

This summer the historic Frank Matcham designed Buxton Opera House, built in 1903 and seating 902, was host to the

This year the National G & S Opera Company celebrates its silver jubilee with six new productions. I was invited

The Pirates of Penzance must be Gilbert and Sullivan’s most staged operetta and, as a director, it must be difficult

13/05/2018·1 comment·

After the success of The Gondoliers in December 1889, D’Oyly Carte, Gilbert and Sullivan had a well-publicised disagreement because Gilbert

12/05/2018·1 comment·

Theatrical mythology has been curiously and undeservedly kind to some folk. Miss Tucker from Ohio went from failure to failure

Iolanthe is W S Gilbert’s most satirical opera. His libretto continually pokes fun at the British hereditary system, the law

03/09/2017·1 comment·

Great Malvern is an attractive spa town of 30,000 souls, nestling in the English Midlands and surrounded by the Malvern

The 860 seat Theatre Royal, in the shadow of Windsor Castle, is the third one on the site: built in

Sasha Regan has been director of the Union Theatre in London for 19 years. It is a small space, seating

The ‘comic opera’ Patience (or ‘Bunthorne’s Bride’) has an important place in theatrical history. It was the first stage production

Gilbert and Sullivan’s successor to the phenomenal HMS Pinafore proved to be another enormous international opéra-bouffe hit. Where the former