Gilbert and Sullivan News

Orpheus in the Underworld at Holland Park, review An amiable production of Offenbach's operetta makes for a pleasant but uninspired summer evening's entertainment.

Taking drama out of the theatre sounds like a good idea. But what happens when it rains? Matt Thomas speaks to the director of a Welsh al fresco stage company OPEN-AIR theatre comes with its own set of challenges.

AHOY me hearties - there will be a swashbuckling pirate production staged in Weston and Worle this month.

Lincoln Christian Church will present Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance" Send a link to a friend The cast includes Bob Kurka, Patrick Perry, Randy Storm, Jeremy Goeckner, Brian Welter, Kristee Smith, Beverly Kurka, Sheralyn Bolton, Annie Sheley, Gail King, Miriam Carter, Kate Harmon, Elizabeth Carter, Alexis Hill, Casey Kennett, ...

"A rollicking band of pirates" are coming to Leddy Center's new beautiful and fully accessible theater on Ladd's Lane in Epping, July 10-July 26.

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" isn't the longest movie of all time, it just seems that way.

The Monroe Area Opera, based in Sweetwater, Tenn., is looking for singers of all voice types to participate in four productions planned for ther 2009-2010 opera season.

It was only two weeks before the June 30 opening of "Brigadoon" when we asked College Light Opera Company co-producer Robert Haslun about photos of the season's first show.

THE members of Portlaoise Musical Society are now planning their next show and are working hard to make it bigger and better than last year.

St. Thomas Playhouse will present Pirates of Penzance, Junior and Fiddler on the Roof, Junior with Company B Performing Arts Day Camp For Children and Youth June 18-21, 2009 at The Community School Theater at 2 p.m. Fiddler on the Roof, Junior is the heartwarming story of the dairyman Tevye, his family and the village of Anatevka in Czarist Russia ...

THE HM Frigate Unicorn in Dundee is the ideal location for a production of Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Gondoliers" this week.

Baritone Lucas Meachem was the high-stepping Strephon in the San Francisco Symphony's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe." Class-crazy England loves to lampoon its lords and ladies and their stuck-up ways.

A VICTORIAN weekend will raise funds for the restoration of Staverton's medieval parish church.

Theatre is presenting Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance with an all-male cast - from Wednesday, July 15 to Saturday, August 8, 2009.

THE New London Opera Group return for its sixth fun-packed summer tour to Louth with one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most enduringly popular operas.

"To judge from the bright and happy music and story that make up "The Gondoliers," one would not think this comic opera had been created by a couple of guys who more or less hated each other.

The Kavinoky Theatre is seeking adult males for its upcoming production of Aaron Sorkin's courtroom drama, "A Few Good Men" at 6 p. m. Monday.

"You have been rehearsing 'Perola,' but when the curtain goes up, the opera will be called 'Iolanthe.'" - Arthur Sullivan to the cast of "Iolanthe" during the final run-through before opening.

An opera night at Reigate Methodist Church will help raise money towards a new A 1.2 million community centre.

Summer Musical Theater Camp with Elaine and Mary Gatchell for ages 8 to 16 at Leddy Center's new theater will be held 9:00am to 1:00pm daily, June 29 through July 10.