27th Festival Newsletter

The 27th International

Gilbert& Sullivan Festival

The Full Programme BUXTON OPERA HOUSE 1 - 8 AUGUST 2020 ROYAL HALL, HARROGATE 9 - 23 AUGUST 2020

YO U R PRIORI T BOOKI Y NG FO R M S INSIDE

Copyright The Times

Welcome to the 27th

International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival

2020 For more information and to join our mailing list go to www.gsfestivals.org

Welcome to our 27th International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival. And what a swell party we have in store!

Our five-star rated National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company have FIVE new productions – Sorcerer, Pinafore, Pirates and Patience PLUS The Emerald Isle; or, The Caves of Carrig-Cleena, a two-act comic opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and Edward German, and a libretto by Basil Hood. It is believed to have had only four short professional runs since it was first produced in 1901. We can’t wait to see it!

with the Opera House and the Royal Hall simply bursting at the seams. The atmosphere was electric.

We are also thrilled that audience attendance at our growing UNIFest competition continues to increase year on year and we are having to enlarge our pop-up theatre to meet the demand in 2020 which will feature ten university productions. Fantastic!

And for added measure we have no fewer than five international champion societies and one runner-up competing for the coveted Festival Champions trophy.

Thank you to all our visitors who made 2019 so special. Our audience figures in Buxton were UP 13%; in Harrogate – UP 28% and in Malvern an amazing UP 34%. Would you believe 20% of our Harrogate audience attended the Festival for the first time?

The final programme is enclosed along with your accommodation packages and priority booking forms.

From Derbyshire to the Dales, the hills really were alive to the sounds of G&S

We look forward to seeing you in 2020.

And don’t forget our New Year Gala Concert in the Royal Hall on January 4th. It’s a wonderful way to start the New Year!

Stop Press It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Ian G Smith, Chairman and Founder of the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival.

Ian passed away peacefully on Friday November 22nd with his family beside him.

How Ian loved life! His boundless enthusiasm, phenomenal passion and incredible energy took him on a magnificent journey throughout his eighty years.

Ian will be greatly missed by many. There are so many stories and so many memories of a man who well and truly loved and lived every minute of his extraordinary and remarkable life.

All pictures in this newsletter copyright Jane Stokes & G&S Festivals Ltd

How to book In 2020, the 27th International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival will spend a week in Buxton Opera House (Saturday 1 August to Saturday 8 August) before opening in Harrogate’s magnificent Royal Hall on Sunday 9 August through to Sunday 23 August.

Tickets for Festival performances in Buxton Opera House and the Royal Hall, Harrogate are available first to Members of the “Friends of the G&S Festival’ and then to the general public.

You can join as a Member when you send in your ticket booking form and you will immediately be entered into the relevant Members’ draw. For information about the different membership categories see pages 26 and 27.

MEMBER PRIORITY DRAW BOOKINGS FOR BUXTON OPERA HOUSE AND THE ROYAL HALL Complete the enclosed booking form and return to: G&S Festivals, The Old Vicarage, All Souls Road, Halifax HX3 6DR. If you need any help please do not hesitate to call us on 01422 323252.

If you have specific seat choices please indicate on the form or attach a note to your booking. We will do our best! The seating plan for Buxton Opera House is on page 13 and the Royal Hall on page 37. If you need a wheelchair seat please call 01422 323252.

The key dates for your ticket bookings are indicated on page 5.

All members receive discounts on tickets (for bookings received by 28 January 2020) Single Member - £1.00 discount per show booked.

Joint/Family Members - 2 x £1.00 discount per show booked Plus 1 free Festival Club ticket for every £50 spent on the booking form If you are not a member of the ‘Friends of the Festival’ charity you can still return your form for inclusion in the third Priority Draw on Tuesday 28 January. Please note that your ticket postage will be charged at £1.50.

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your tickets GENERAL SALE BOOKINGS FOR THE ROYAL HALL HARROGATE

GENERAL SALE BOOKINGS FOR BUXTON OPERA HOUSE

BOOKING IN PERSON

Available from 9.00 am on Tuesday 4 February 2020 at: www.gsfestivals.org To book by phone call 01422 323252 from 10.00 am.

Available from 9.00 am on Tuesday 4 February at:

You can also book your tickets for the Royal Hall, Harrogate at the Tourist Information Centres in Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough from Tuesday 4 February 2020.

www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

To book by phone call 01298 72190 from 10.00 am.

Tickets are non-refundable. We offer optional refund protection at the point of sale through a company called Booking Protect.

Please see page 23 for more information.

KEY DATES FOR YOUR TICKET BOOKINGS MEMBER DRAW 1 - Wednesday 18 December 2019 This draw is for Patrons; Festival Partners, Life Members and Benefactors MEMBER DRAW 2 – Tuesday 7 January 2020 This draw is for Festival Friends and is also a second booking opportunity for those categories above.

FINAL DRAW 3 – Tuesday 28 January 2020 Final opportunity for all members to enjoy Priority Booking and receive member discounts and free postage.

Non-members of the association may also go into this draw but will not receive discounts or free postage.

OPEN SALE – From Tuesday 4 February 2020.

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Youth Production

How to The Youth Production is a Festival highlight and our 2020 production will be Iolanthe directed by Rachel Harland. We need a cast of young people aged 9 to 19 years to join us. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn how a production is directed and staged in just a week. No previous experience on stage is necessary – just bags of enthusiasm and energy! The cast meet in Harrogate on Saturday 15 August for daily rehearsals until the performances (matinee and evening) on Saturday 22 August. The Youth Production offers an amazing opportunity for young people to be part of this unique Festival. Gilbert & Sullivan is the ideal introduction to opera and musical theatre. For more information email oliver@gsfestivals.org or go online: www.gsfestivals.org/youth-production/

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Bus Pass Opera

is exclusively for the over 60s to give “retired” thespians the opportunity to get back on the stage. Last year the cast were thrilled when their productions of Trial by Jury and HMS Pinafore won the Festival Champion’s Trophy! In 2020 Bus Pass Opera will perform Princess Ida in the Royal Hall on Tuesday 18 August 2020.

The show will be directed by Alan Borthwick and rehearsals will be in Harrogate from 11 August. If you would like to apply please go online or email oliver@gsfestivals.org. If you are applying for the first time please also give a brief summary of your Gilbert & Sullivan experience and let us know if you wish to be considered for a principal role or chorus . For more information go online: www.gsfestivals.org/bus-pass/

The Emerald Isle or, The Caves of Carrig-Cleena, is a rarely

performed comic opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and Edward German (Sullivan died before he had completed it) and a libretto by Basil Hood. A fantastic line-up of G&S Opera Company principals is being assembled and in the New Year we will be auditioning for prospective members of the amateur chorus. The Emerald Isle will be staged in Buxton Opera House on Friday 7 August and in The Royal Hall Harrogate on Friday 14 August. If you would like to be considered please email oliver@gsfestivals.org or go online: www.gsfestivals.org/emerald-isle/ You can read more about The Emerald Isle on Page 22.

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Sponsored by

The International Gilbert & Sullivan Association Charity number 1103178

UNIFest is a firm favourite with Festival audiences and this year, nine leading universities will bring a full-scale production to Harrogate to perform on the Utopia Theatre stage. Do not expect traditional shows! These highly creative and talented groups bring a breath of fresh air with outstanding productions and outstanding interpretations.

Each performance is adjudicated and numerous awards are presented at the end of the Festival. Early booking for these shows is recommended.

Ian Smith established UNIFest to offer the many university G&S societies around the country the opportunity to perform at the Festival; compete with other universities; learn about the different interpretations of G&S; and continue their love of the operas in the future.

And he succeeded! Our survey of participating students in 2019 showed some very encouraging statistics.

• 91% of respondents would be interested in joining a G&S Society once they had left University.

• 65% said G&S had helped them with their studies Make sure you come along for a fantastic afternoon’s entertainment.

THE 2020 UNIFest PROGRAMME

Tickets for these performances are £15 (sorry no concessions).

Shows commence at 2.30pm

Monday

10 August

Princess Ida – Birmingham University

Wednesday

12 August

HMS Pinafore – Huddersfield University

Friday

14 August

The Mikado – Kings College London

Sunday

16 August

The Pirates of Penzance – Oxford University

Monday

17 August

Allow me to Explain, Box & Cox, Trial by Jury - Hull University

Tuesday

18 August

The Sorcerer – York University

Wednesday

19 August

Patience – Royal Holloway

Thursday

20 August

HMS Pinafore – University of Southampton

Friday

21 August

Iolanthe – Newcastle University

Where does UNIFest take place?

The Unifest productions are staged in a specially built theatre next door to the Utopia Pavilion.

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Here’s what some of the students enjoyed about their participation in the 2019 Festival “I’ve never been around so many people who love G&S – it’s brilliant! The Festival felt really special to me because I know we were all there for the same reason” “The atmosphere is incredible at the Festival and everyone there is so welcoming and friendly. It’s such an enjoyment and privilege to be able to perform at such an amazing event” “The vast amounts of joy and fun had by all. It is rare to find so many people who love G&S all in the same place.”

“The sense of community which working together for the Festival produced within the cast.”

“The experience of having the general public enjoy and value a show that our company had spent many months of hard work rehearsing”

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B BUXTON OPERA HOUSE staged the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival for 20 years until it moved to Harrogate in 2014. For the first time in the Festival’s history, members of our Friends Association have the opportunity of seeing three dress rehearsals in Buxton before their opening nights in the Opera House. More information about how to join the “Friends” is on page 26.

In 2020 we have a packed programme in Buxton including morning Fringe events, matinee performances and concerts in the Pavilion Arts Centre and a wonderful week in the Opera House. And don’t forget our nightly Festival Club in the Pavilion Gardens every night from 10pm. Superb entertainment and superb company.

If you would like to join one of our special Buxton accommodation packages including theatre and fringe tickets, please see pages 14-15

SEE THE G&S OPERA COMPANY DRESS REHEARSALS

On Thursday & Friday 30 & 31 July for Patrons, Life Members, Festival Partners and Benefactors of the “Friends of the G&S Festival” Association.

Visitors must be in possession of a fully paid ticket to the actual performance of the dress rehearsal they will see. The dress rehearsals are free and seating will be allocated on arrival. Please tick the relevant box on the booking forms to ensure you have the correct ticket for entry.

Dress rehearsals will take place in the Pavilion Arts Centre as follows: Thursday 30 July - The Sorcerer (7pm); Friday 31 July The Pirates of Penzance (2pm) and HMS Pinafore (7pm) 10

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Buxton 1 - 8 August 2020

Programme and Highlights 2.30 pm 7.30 pm 11.00am 2.30pm 2.30pm 7.30pm 10.30am 2.30pm 7.30pm 10.30am 2.30pm 6.00pm 7.30pm

S A T U R D AY 1 A U G U S T HMS Pinafore NGSOC HMS Pinafore NGSOC

S U N D AY 2 A U G U S T Ian Smith Memorial Service The Pirates of Penzance NGSOC An Afternoon at the Opera with Sarah Helsby Hughes and Friends The Pirates of Penzance NGSOC

Buxton Opera House Buxton Opera House St John’s Church Buxton Opera House Pavilion Arts Centre Buxton Opera House

M O N D AY 3 A U G U S T A G&S Masterclass with Donald Maxwell and members of the National G&S Opera Company Flanders & Swan - Donald Maxwell and Andrew Nicklin Patience – NGSOC

T U E S D AY 4 A U G U S T

In Conversation with Simon Butteriss Unbreakable Bond – Catrine Kirkman A Night to Remember with Simon Butteriss at Chatsworth House. This will be fantastic!

The Gondoliers – Trent Opera

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W E D N E S D AY 5 A U G U S T In Conversation with Steven Page The Sorcerer – NGSOC The Pirates of Penzance NGSOC

Pavilion Arts Centre Buxton Opera House Buxton Opera House

T H U R S D AY 6 A U G U S T

Sir Arthur Sullivan’s Irish Connection Pavilion Arts Centre Ian Bradley explores Sullivan's Irish roots and ancestry and the extent to which his Irish genes may have inspired and influenced his music making and his life. He also looks forward to The Emerald Isle and the way in which Sullivan expressed his Irish identity through it.

Coach trip to Haddon Hall £35 Haddon Hall Including entry to the house, free time to enjoy the gardens and return coach travel.

HMS Pinafore – NGSOC Buxton Opera House

F R I D AY 7 A U G U S T

The Emerald Isle - Martin Yates Double Bass – a Tale of Cock and Bull Matthew Siveter and Stephen Godward take an often humorous swipe at the world in ‘solo or duet’ and in ‘song and story’ – ‘ballads, songs and snatches’.

The Emerald Isle – NGSOC

S A T U R D AY 8 A U G U S T Arthur Sullivan & George Grove – Ian Bradley explores the close friendship between Sullivan and George Grove, the Victorian polymath who was a civil engineer, Biblical scholar and founder editor of the Musical Dictionary.

Iolanthe – Charles Court Opera The Mikado – Charles Court Opera

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DRESS CIRCLE - £38 (TRENT OPERA £26)

MID STALLS & UPPER CIRCLE - £31 (TRENT OPERA £26)

FRONT AND REAR STALLS & GALLERY - £28 (TRENT OPERA £21)

RESTRICTED VIEW & UPPER CIRCLE SIDES - £18 (TRENT OPERA £12)

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Accommodation Packages We have taken note of all your comments from our 2019 survey and made our accommodatio in packages more flexible and easier to book!

We are offering three, four and seven night packages in both Buxton and Harrogate.

The price for each package is listed on the grid and you can see exactly what is included below. All you need to do is fill in the details on the order form; tick the nights you want to stay and then select the relevant shows on the Priority Booking Form. This should include your fringe tickets, matinees in the Pavilion Arts Centre and Buxton Opera House. If you need assistance at any stage please call us on 01422 323252. We are here to help!

Buxton packages – what’s included!

THREE- NIGHT PACK AGE

FOUR - NIGHT PACK AGE

SE VEN - NIGHT PACK AGE

- Accommodation in a standard room on a bed and breakfast basis - 3 best theatre tickets in the Dress Circle of Buxton Opera House - 1 ticket to a matinee performance in the Pavilion Arts Centre - 1 ticket to a morning fringe event in the Pavilion Arts Centre 3 Festival Club tickets including after-show cabaret

- Accommodation in a standard room on a bed and breakfast basis - 4 best theatre tickets in the Dress Circle of Buxton Opera House - 2 tickets to a matinee performance in the Pavilion Arts Centre - 1 ticket to a morning fringe event in the Pavilion Arts Centre - 4 Festival Club tickets including after-show cabaret

- Accommodation in a standard room on a bed and breakfast basis - 6 best theatre tickets in the Dress Circle of Buxton Opera House - 3 tickets to a matinee performance in the Pavilion Arts Centre - 3 tickets to a morning fringe event in the Pavilion Arts Centre - 7 Festival Club tickets including after-show cabaret

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And What’s Extra?

If you would like to include the “Night to Remember” in Chatsworth House on Tuesday 4 August please indicate on the booking form and add an additional £75 per person to your booking.

If you would like to join the Coach trip to Haddon Hall on Thursday 6 August please add an additional £35 per person to your booking.

If you would like to add any additional theatre tickets please indicate on your booking form or call 01422 323252. Additional nights in the hotel may also be booked subject to availability. Please call 01422 323252.

The Hotels THE OLD HALL HOTEL, BUXTON

The Old Hall is reputed to be the oldest hotel in England. As well as its long history and connection to Mary Queen of Scots, visitors return time and again because of its charm, good food and individuality. Located across the road from Buxton Opera House, you can be assured of a warm welcome. Limited number of rooms available – please book early to avoid disappointment.

THE PAL ACE HOTEL

Since 1868 the Palace Hotel has been an important building in the spa town of Buxton.

Situated in over 5 acres of landscaped gardens, the hotel is just a five-minute walk to the centre of town. The hotel has an indoor pool, bar, health and leisure club.

The Cost

THE PAL ACE

THE OLD HALL

3 NIGHT PACK AGE

£475

£510

4 NIGHT PACK AGE

£560

£610

7 NIGHT PACK AGE

£915

£1040

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A Night to Remember

With Simon Butteriss at Chatsworth House

Tuesday 4 August

Coach departs Buxton Opera House at 6.00pm We are delighted to announce our special gala evening at one of the world’s best-loved stately homes – Chatsworth House – for a night you will certainly remember.

SCULPTURE GALLERY

The evening starts with a reception in the magnificent Sculpture Gallery and then on to the performance in Chatsworth’s own magnificent Victorian theatre. National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company Director and Festival favourite Simon Butteriss will entertain.

The theatre was created by the celebrated designer William Helmsley in 1896 at the request of the 8th Duke of Devonshire. This was at a time when theatre was at its most fashionable, partly as a result of the affair of the Duke’s great friend, the Prince of Wales with the actress Lily Langtree. The Prince, who became King Edward VII, was such a regular visitor that the press dubbed Chatsworth the “Theatre Royal”.

Today the theatre is limited to a hundred guests so you will need to book your tickets early for what is certain to be a highlight of the week.

Tickets including coach transfers to Chatsworth and return, drinks reception and concert: £75 Tickets may be purchased on the booking forms, online at www.gsfestivals.org or from the Box Office on 01422 323 252 We regret that no Association or other discounts are available with these tickets.

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SINGLE ROOM SUPPLEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: THE OLD HALL HOTEL: £50 per night THE PALACE HOTEL: £22 per night Please upgrade my room to an Executive Twin/Double £25 per room per night in either the Palace or The Old Hall.

PLEASE BOOK THE “NIGHT TO REMEMBER AT CHATSWORTH HOUSE” at £75 per person PLEASE BOOK THE TRIP TO HADDON HALL ON THURSDAY 6 AUGUST at £35 per person

PLEASE BOOK MY ACCOMMODATION FOR THE FOLLOWING NIGHTS SATURDAY 1 AUGUST SUNDAY 2 AUGUST MONDAY 3 AUGUST TUESDAY 4 AUGUST

WEDNESDAY 5 AUGUST THURSDAY 6 AUGUST FRIDAY 7 AUGUST SATURDAY 8 AUGUST

Please indicate on the Priority booking forms the theatre tickets you require or enclose a note with your booking.

I enclose a non-refundable deposit of £75 per person Please make cheques payable to Theatrical Adventures Ltd and post your booking forms to The Old Vicarage, All Souls Road, Halifax HX3 6DR Or please charge my credit/debit card.

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Accommodation Packages BOOK OUR NEW FLEXIBLE THEATRE AND ACCOMMODATION PACKAGES AND LET US DO ALL THE WORK!

Our specially tailored packages are just the ticket if you would like to sit back and let us do all the work. We are using four excellent Harrogate hotels – each within easy reach of the Royal Hall and this year we have made booking more flexible and easier so you can simply choose the nights you would like to stay, select the shows you would like to see and we will arrange everything for you.

We are offering three, four and seven-night packages (sorry we are unable to book less than three nights accommodation).

The prices for each hotel are detailed on the grid and you simply need to indicate your arrival & departure date on the booking form, select the shows you would like to see on the priority booking forms, post to Halifax or book by phone on 01422 323252.

Your Harrogate package – what’s included!

THREE NIGHT PACKAGE - Accommodation in a standard room on a bed and breakfast basis - 3 best theatre tickets in the Grand Circle in the Royal Hall - 1 ticket to a matinee performance in the Utopia Theatre - 1 ticket to a morning fringe event in the Fringe Theatre - 3 Festival Club tickets including after-show cabaret

FOUR NIGHT PACKAGE - Accommodation in a standard room on a bed and breakfast basis - 4 best theatre tickets in the Grand Circle in the Royal Hall - 2 tickets to a matinee performance in the Utopia Theatre - 1 ticket to a morning fringe event in the Fringe Theatre - 4 Festival Club tickets including after-show cabaret

SEVEN NIGHT PACKAGE - Accommodation in a standard room on a bed and breakfast basis - 6 best theatre tickets in the Grand Circle in the Royal Hall - 3 tickets to a matinee performance in the Utopia Theatre - 3 tickets to a morning fringe event in the Fringe Theatre - 7 Festival Club tickets including after-show cabaret

* SEE EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT ON PAGE 21!

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THE CROWN HOTEL With a history dating back over 300 years, alongside an enviable location just a short walk from The Royal Hall and Harrogate’s most popular sites, The Crown Hotel combines beautiful surroundings with a storied past and luxurious facilities.

THE CROWNE PLAZA is an 11-storey building with plenty of underground parking spaces. The Royal Hall is a five-minute walk away and the hotel is a 10 minute walk to Bettys Tea Rooms and the Valley Gardens.

THE MAJESTIC HOTEL The DoubleTree by Hilton Harrogate - Majestic sits in beautifully landscaped gardens that overlook the town and is within easy walking distance of The Royal Hall, shopping, dining and historical attractions. Indoor heated pool and spa.

THE OLD SWAN HOTEL is just a short walk from the town centre and The Royal Hall and combines Victoria splendour with contemporary luxury. From its revolving doors to its famous glass-ceilinged Wedgwood restaurant, The Old Swan exudes romance and mystery.

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PACKAGE COSTS

Prices are per person in a twin/double room. Please note the single supplements and also the additional costs in The Majestic Hotel for Friday and Saturday nights. Prices do not include car parking charges.

Don’t miss the early bird discount!

THE CROWN

CROWNE PLAZA

THE MAJESTIC

OLD SWAN

3 nights

£435

£455

£455

£455

4 nights

£545

£565

£555

£555

7 nights

£820

£850

£830

£820

SINGLE NIGHTLY SUPPLEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: Crown Hotel - £31 Crowne Plaza - £25 Majestic - £45

Old Swan - £25

*** IMPORTANT *** Please note that there is a surcharge of £50 per room per night for any guests staying at the Majestic Hotel on a Friday or Saturday night.

ROOM UPGRADES

Please call 01422 323252 if you would like to upgrade your room to a deluxe, executive or suite or if you are a single occupant and would like to upgrade your room to a double for sole occupancy. If you need an accessible room please indicate at the time of booking.

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H A R R O G AT E H OT E L ACCO MM O DAT I O N PA C K A G E B O O K I N G F O R M Please book your package between the 9th August through to and including the night of the 23rd August. The minimum stay is 3 nights.

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Try something new We were delighted to discover that 20% of our audience in 2019 visited the Festival for the first time. But… we know only too well that audiences love to see the treasured trio of G&S productions: The Mikado; The Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore and all too often will not venture into the theatre to see other G&S gems! This year we are urging all our visitors to try something new. If you have never seen Patience or The Sorcerer please give them a go! They are delightful shows with some beautiful music and hilarious dialogue and we know that the National G&S Opera Company will do them proud. The Emerald Isle is another must-see show

for all theatre lovers and unlikely to be performed again by professionals for many years to come.

And our amateur groups also offer a fantastic opportunity to see something completely different. SavoyNet Performing group will bring a rarely performed production of The Grand Duke; Abbots Langley G&S bring Ruddigore; Trent Opera will perform The Gondoliers and 2019 Festival Champions Bus Pass Opera will stage Princess Ida. There is simply a smorgasboard of Gilbert & Sullivan operas on offer this year. You can read more about all the G&S operas at www.gsfestivals.org/the-shows

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Martin Yates, Chairman of the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society, will talk about The Emerald Isle at 10.30am on Friday 7 August in Buxton and again on Friday morning 14 August in Harrogate where he will be joined by Stephen Turnbull. We would urge you to come along and find out more.

The Emerald Isle, otherwise known as The Caves of Carrig-Cleena, is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and Edward German and libretto by Basil Hood. It was the last score undertaken by Sullivan who died in 1900 before completing it.

Following Sullivan’s death, Richard D’Oyly Carte contracted Edward German to finish the piece.

At its heart is a strong defence and promotion of Irish culture. A quirky professor is tasked with making the Irish more English and then ends up switching sides.

Romantic complications cause a confrontation between the Irish patriots and the superstitious English at the supposedly haunted caves of Carric-Cleena but the professor finally comes up with a solution that works out happily for all.

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Booking protection We have introduced an optional refund protection called Booking Protect to help you in case of illness or injury. Your theatre tickets purchased through the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival are non-refundable and we recommend that you purchase Booking Protect at the point of purchase.

Add Booking Protect to your order when booking tickets online or ask when you are booking by phone. If you are completing your Priority Booking Forms

Protect your tickets in case you need to apply for a refund. please tick the relevant box to add Booking Protect to your order. Booking Protect can only be added at the time of booking and not at a later date.

Refund claims can be made up to 45 days after the performance date. Claims are handled direct through the Booking Protect website: www.bookingprotect.com Booking protect is £2 per ticket irrespective of the ticket cost and must be purchased for all tickets in one order.

BOOKING PROTECT - protects you against - Adverse Weather including snow, frost, - Breakdown, accidents, fire or theft of a fog or storm where the government has private vehicle en route to the event. issued travel warnings - Relocation for work (over 100 miles) of - Injury, illness (including pre-exisisting which you were unaware at the time of medical conditions) or death happening to booking. you, or an immediate family member.

- Burglary or fire at your residence in the 48 hours immediately before the event.

FESTIVAL TICKET BOOKING TERMS AND CONDITIONS We are unable to refund the cost of tickets unless a show is cancelled. We will exchange tickets for an alternative performance if tickets are available but this requires a minimum of 48-hours notice.

Concessions Seniors are classed as age 60 and over. Senior concessions are only available in the areas indicated at the time of booking.

Children – we class anyone aged 15 or under as a child.

Students – we class anyone with an NUS card as a student.

Access Problems with your seats If you have any problems with your seat during the performance please alert a member of staff as soon as possible. Our volunteers are always on hand in all areas of the theatre before and during the performance.

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“Verdict: Take a pair of sparkling shows” Daily Mail review 2019 (The Mikado and The Gondoliers)

To Stage FIVE new Productions! - 2020 Season The National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company is the Festival’s resident, professional Company. This five-star rated Company delighted audiences throughout its 2019 season.

In 2020, five brand-new productions will be performed and staged in Buxton Opera House, The Royal Hall, Harrogate, Malvern Theatre and then on tour throughout the UK through to October.

All-time favourites – The Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore will be given the full treatment and there is no doubt that they will wow audiences up and down the country.

Two must-see shows, rarely performed by professional companies, The Sorcerer and Patience will also take centre stage and blow your socks off!

If you have never seen these two magical operas now is your chance! The music and the settings are wonderful and we just know you will love them. More information and clips from previous performances can be found on the website at www.gsfestivals.org And to top it off there will also be two performances of the Emerald Isle – one in Buxton Opera House and one in The Royal Hall Harrogate. This rarely performed comic opera with music

by Arthur Sullivan and Edward German (Sullivan died before he had completed it) and libretto by Basil Hood is set in Ireland. A fantastic line-up of G&S Opera Company principals is being assembled along with an amateur chorus.

Stop Press! - We are delighted to announce that NGSOC directors will include Richard Gauntlett, Simon Butteriss and Alan Borthwick.

The National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company tour will be announced in January.

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The National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company Performances in Buxton & Harrogate Dates

BUXTON OPERA HOUSE 2020 Saturday 1 August HMS Pinafore (2.30pm & 7.30pm) Sunday 2 August The Pirates of Penzance (2.30pm & 7.30pm) Monday 3 August Patience (7.30pm) Wednesday 5 August The Sorcerer (2.30pm) The Pirates of Penzance (7.30pm) Thursday 6 August HMS Pinafore (7.30pm) Friday 7 August The Emerald Isle (7.30pm) THE ROYAL HALL, HARROGATE 2020 Sunday 9 August The Pirates of Penzance (2.30pm) HMS Pinafore (7.30pm) Friday 14 August The Emerald Isle (7.30pm Saturday 15 August The Pirates of Penzance (2.30pm) Patience (7.30pm) Sunday 16 August HMS Pinafore (2.30pm) The Sorcerer (7.30pm) Wednesday 19 August Patience (2.30pm) The Sorcerer (7.30pm) Saturday 22 August HMS Pinafore (2.30pm) Patience (7.30pm) Sunday 23 August The Sorcerer (2.30pm) The Pirates of Penzance (7.30pm) THE PROGRAMME

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Become a Friend of the Gilbert & Sullivan Festival WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN? It is really quite simple. It would not be possible for us to stage the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival without the support of our Friends of the Festival.

Your support is fundamental to the continuation and success of the Festival and it is only through your generosity that we are able to plan for the future with confidence. We need to continue to achieve and indeed better the standards that our audience have come to expect.

Since 2004 the Friends have raised over half a million pounds to support the various youth initiatives, our Bus Pass Opera production for the over 60s and the UNIFest university programme. But we want to do more and we need to particularly encourage the younger generation to develop a lifelong love of Gilbert & Sullivan.

We are dedicated to preserving the legacy and ensuring the future of Gilbert & Sullivan. That is our goal.

AND by joining the association you receive PRIORITY BOOKING for G&S Festival tickets in Buxton Opera House and the Royal Hall Harrogate along with ticket discounts, free postage and many other great rewards. Membership starts from just £35 per year.

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Join the Priority Draw today AND support the Festival for the future THE REWARDS OF BEING A FRIEND CHOOSE YOUR MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY FRIEND (Single £35; Joint £50; Family £75; Student £25) - Priority draw for discounted tickets and free ticket postage - Friends newsletters published three times a year - Free member activities at the Festival - Advance notification of Festival News - Recognition of your support in the Festival souvenir programme BENEFACTOR (Single £100; Joint £150) All the benefits of a FRIEND plus: - Free seat in the NGSOC dress rehearsals in Buxton (T&Cs Apply) - FIRST PRIORITY DRAW for unlimited seats per performance - Invitation to the Saturday evening pre-performance reception in Harrogate - Free Festival Souvenir progamme (value £12.00) - One free DVD of your choice (to a value of £18.50) per single or double Benefactor - Pass for free entry into the Festival Club in Buxton and Harrogate

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FESTIVAL PARTNER (Single £350; Double £500) Festival Partners enjoy all the rewards of a Benefactor plus: - Free tickets to the Festival Youth Production - Personalised booking service for your seats in Buxton or Harrogate in the Priority Draw LIFE MEMBER (Single £1000; Joint £1500) - All the benefits of a Benefactor PATRON (Minimum annual donation £1000) - All the benefits of a Festival Partner - 2 Free tickets to the Festival Lunch in Harrogate PRIORITY DRAW DISCOUNTS FOR MEMBERS All members receive discounts on tickets (for bookings received by 28 January 2020) as follows: Single Member - £1.00 per show booked.

Joint/Family Members: 2 x £1.00 per show booked Plus 1 free Festival Club ticket for every £50 spent on the booking form Free postage on tickets purchased on the enclosed Priority Draw booking forms and received by 28 January 2020.

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Gala Weekend H A R R O G AT E 7. 3 0 P M

Saturday January 4th 4-5 JANUARY 7.30pm - Royal Hall £25 - £32 MAGIC OF VIENNA NEW YEAR GALA CONCERT Sunday January 5th 10.30am - Crown Hotel IN CONVERSATION WITH SIMON BUTTERISS 2.30pm - Victoria Suite, Crown Hotel Sally Robinson AN AFTERNOON WITH Orchestra Leader JOHN SAVOURNIN & NATALIE MONTAKHAB 7.30pm - Victoria Suite, Crown Hotel GALA DINNER IN CONCERT WITH SIMON BUTTERISS

Aidan Faughey Conductor

Start the New Year with style!

and join our all inclusive package in the Crown Hotel - Our package includes the following - Two nights bed and breakfast Crown Hotel (Saturday and Sunday 4th and 5th January - Best Grand Circle ticket to the “Magic of Vienna” New Year Concert - Private Reception - Buffet lunch on Sunday January 5th - Ticket for an afternoon with JOHN SAVOURNIN and NATALIE MONTAKHAB in the Crown Hotel Ballroom - Gala Dinner in the Crown Hotel on Sunday January 5th entertainment from Simon Butteriss

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HARROGATE, SATURDAY 4 JANUARY 7.30PM TICKETS FROM £25

The Best of Strauss – with a little Lehar!

Featuring the Festival Strauss Orchestra (Conductor Aidan Faughey, Ireland) and International Soloists; John Savournin (Baritone), Natalie Montakhab (Soprano) Owen Lucas (Tenor)

(1) Die Fledermaus Overture Johann Strauss (2) Vienna City Of Dreams Rudolf Sieczyński (3) Strolling Vagabond Cousin From Nowhere Eduard Künneke (4) Pizzicato Polka Johann & Josef Strauss (5) Laughing Song Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss (6) Will You,Won't You? Fanny Elssler Johann Strauss (7) Peasant Polka Johann Strauss (8) Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss (9) A Waltz Dream A Waltz Dream Oscar Straus (10)The Pig Song Gipsy Baron Johann Strauss (11) Viennese Wiener Blut Johann Strauss - I N T E R V A L (12) Without A Care Polka Josef Strauss (13) Vilia The Merry Widow Franz Lehár (14) Professor Duet The Birdseller Carl Zeller (15)Tales From The Vienna Woods Johann Strauss (16) Chambre Séparée The Opera Ball Richard Heuberger (17) Vienna By Night Spring Parade Robert Stolz (18) An Orphan From My Early Day Gipsy Baron Johann Strauss (19) Voices Of Spring Johann Strauss (20) Champagne Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss (21) Radetzky March Johann Strauss

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Sunday 9 August 1.30pm Utopia Pavilion Opens 2.30pm The Pirates of Penzance National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company 7.30pm HMS Pinafore National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company Monday 10 August 10.30am Pirates, Pinafore and Patience Stephen Turnbull 2.30pm Princess Ida Birmingham University G&S Society 7.30pm The Gondoliers Trent Opera Tuesday 11 August 10.30am D’Oyly Carte Inside Out Roberta Morrell 2.30pm The Pirates of Penzance Opera Naples, USA 7.30pm The Yeomen of the Guard Forbear! Theatre Wednesday 12 August 10.00am Sullivan’s Irish Connection Ian Bradley 2.30pm HMS Pinafore Huddersfield University G&S Society 2.30pm Iolanthe Charles Court Opera 7.30pm The Mikado Charles Court Opera Thursday 13 August 10.30am Backstage Tour and Q&A 2.30pm Unbreakable Bond Catrine Kirkman 7.30pm Ruddigore Abbots Langley G&S Society Friday 14 August 10.30am The Emerald Isle Martin Yates & Stephen Turnbull 2.30pm The Mikado Kings College London G&S Society 7.30pm The Emerald Isle National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company Saturday 15 August 10.00am Memorabilia Fair 11.30am Collecting G&S Memorabilia David Lovell 2.30pm The Gondoliers Grosvenor Light Opera Company 2.30pm The Pirates of Penzance National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company 7.30pm Patience National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company 30

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Programme at a glance Sunday 16 August 11.00am Thanksgiving Service St Peter’s C of E, Cambridge Road, HG1 1PB 2.30pm The Pirates of Penzance Oxford University G&S Society 2.30pm HMS Pinafore National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company 7.30pm The Sorcerer National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company Monday 17 August 10.30am In Conversation With Matthew Kellett 2.30pm Allow me to Explain, Box & Cox, Trial by Jury Hull University 7.30pm The Mikado Peak Opera Tuesday 18 August 10.30am A Monkey Shaved Adrianne Berg 2.30pm The Sorcerer York University G&S Society 7.30pm Princess Ida Bus Pass Opera Wednesday 19 August 10.30am Sullivan Without Gilbert Alan Borthwick 2.30pm Patience Royal Holloway University 2.30pm Patience National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company 7.30pm The Sorcerer National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company Thursday 20 August 10.30am Backstage Tour and Q&A 2.30pm HMS Pinafore LOPSoc 7.30pm The Grand Duke SavoyNet Performing Group Friday 21 August 10.30am Life Upon the Wicked Stage Gary Slavin 2.30pm Iolanthe Newcastle University G&S Society 7.30pm The Mikado Ploverleigh Savoy Players Saturday 22 August 10.30am In Conversation With Mae Heydorn 2.30pm Iolanthe Festival Youth Production 2.30pm HMS Pinafore National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company 7.30pm Iolanthe Festival Youth Production 7.30pm Patience National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company Sunday 23 August 10.30am In Conversation With Simon Butteriss 2.30pm The Sorcerer National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company 7.30pm The Pirates of Penzance National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company THE PROGRAMME

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Morning talks in the Fringe Theatre at the back of the Utopia Pavilion.

Cafe opens for hot and cold lunches along with the bar (Utopia Pavilion).

Free lunchtime entertainment in the Utopia Pavilion.

Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday only – Introductory talk in the Utopia Pavilion about the show just about to start in the Royal Hall.

Matinee performances in the Utopia Theatre and on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays in The Royal Hall too.

Café opens for hot and cold pre-theatre dinners (Utopia Pavilion).

Ten-minute introduction to the Royal Hall evening performance.

Saturday evenings only. Take your seat in the Royal Hall for “Singing from the Gallery”. Great atmosphere and a great way to start your evening.

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Nightly Festival Club including cabaret in the Utopia Pavilion.

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Two very special offers just for you!

The 2019 National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company performances in ONE BOX SET for just £59.99, SAVE £20

The Pirates of Penzance, The Gondoliers, The Mikado and the Yeomen of the Guard.

PLUS a free G&S Christmas book worth £9.99!

The “Historic Collection” - Box Set FOUR DVDs in one box for just £59.99 The Echoes of our Festival, Ruddigore, The Sorcerer, Cox & Box and Trial By Jury filmed at the Festival with former D’Oyly Carte stars!

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PLUS a free John Reed CD worth £11.50!

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The diagram shows the layout of the Utopia Pavilion and at the far end is the Fringe Theatre, the venue for all the morning talks. At the back of the hall, through the doors on the right-hand side is the Utopia Theatre, the venue for UNIFest, the Youth Production and other matinee concerts.

DIRECT ENTRY FROM ROYAL HALL AFTER THE SHOW

And every evening when the curtain falls in the Royal Hall, the Festival Club comes to life with community singing and excellent entertainment.

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MAIN ENTRANCE

Our Gilbert & Sullivan themed Utopia Pavilion adjoins the Royal Hall. This is the place where everyone can meet from the early morning until the early hours. There is a café; bar; snack bar; ice creams (just £2.50!); free lunchtime entertainment; box office, G&S shop and information desk.

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The Venue for UNIFest, the Youth Production and other matinee performances.

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The Royal Hall

Below you can see the magnificently restored Royal Hall and how we bring in our special tiered seating to add a new dimension and wonderful views for people seated in the back eight rows of the stalls.

HOW OUR TIERED SEATING WORKS IN THE STALLS (GRAND HALL) The Grand Hall in the Royal Hall is flat until we bring in our special tiered seating. Over the years this has proved to be the most popular place to sit for many of our visitors.

Rows A to E remain on the flat. The raised seating begins on Row F through to Row N. The seats are accessible from the centre aisle or from each side aisle.

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S U N D A Y 9TH AUGUST 1.30pm

THE UTOPIA PAVILION OPENS. See pages 34 for more information about the Utopia Pavilion

2.30pm THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company The Royal Hall. Tickets £26-£45 The 27th International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival opens with a brand-new production of all-time favourite, The Pirates of Penzance, performed by the professional National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company. Come and join our star-studded cast for a hilarious afternoon’s entertainment as they set the ball rolling for another fantastic Gilbert & Sullivan Festival. The Pirates of Penzance takes us to the Cornish coast where we meet our dashing Pirate King; the Major General and his troupe of jolly daughters and a band of bungling British bobbies. Madcap schemes and absurd adventures abound!

7.30pm HMS PINAFORE National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company The Royal Hall. Tickets £26-£45 The National G&S Opera Company set sail on the HMS Pinafore in a hilarious brand-new production of this all-time favourite. Richard Gauntlett is pompous Sir Joseph Porter, First Lord of the Admiralty who arrives onboard with plans to marry the Captain’s daughter Josephine. But Josephine has other plans and is soon plotting to elope with lowly sailor Ralph Rackstraw. Uplifting entertainment in all its British silliness.

10.00pm The Festival Club opens in the Utopia Pavilion.

Great entertainment, bar and light snacks are available.

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M O N D AY 1 0 T H A U G U S T 10.30am PIRATES, PINAFORE AND PATIENCE Fringe Theatre. Tickets £7.50 Stephen Turnbull, secretary of the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society presents some fascinating background information to The Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore and Patience.

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2.30pm PRINCESS IDA Birmingham University G&S Society Utopia Theatre. Tickets £15 Innovation has been one of the trademarks of Birmingham University’s previous visits to the Festival. Now celebrating their twelfth year as a society, this will be their sixth time in Harrogate. Princess Ida is the only Savoy opera to have three acts and is a much more serious work than any of the G&S operas that preceded it. Sullivan’s delightful score is closer to grand opera in its harmonies and ensembles than any of his earlier works and Gilbert’s wit is at its best. Two royal babies were married at birth and twenty years later Prince Hilarion is anxious to be reunited with his bride. Unfortunately, bold feminist Princess Ida is running a women’s only university so the dashing prince has only one option; he must don a dress and woo his bride. A comic battle of the sexes ensues with hilarious results.

7.30pm THE GONDOLIERS Trent Opera The Royal Hall. Tickets from £21 - £32 Trent Opera are one of the most highly acclaimed non-professional theatre companies and have been captivating Festival audiences since 1996 winning the coveted Champion’s trophy and numerous awards.The Gondoliers is a cracking opera, full of colour and simply joyous. It is, of course, a love story. And a case of mistaken identity. Two gondoliers have just got married but have been informed that one of them is the King of Barataria. But which one?

Wonderful melodies and dances including our favourite: the Cachucha.

10.00pm The Festival Club opens in the Utopia Pavilion.

Great entertainment, bar and light snacks are available.

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T U E S D AY 1 1 T H A U G U S T 10.30am D’OYLY CARTE INSIDE OUT Roberta Morrell The Fringe Theatre. Tickets £7.50 Roberta Morrell is back with more recollections from her latest book “The D’Oyly Carte – Inside Out!” Roberta is a highly respected figure in the global G&S community and honorary president of the New York G&S Society; a former D’Oyly Carte principal, director and author. She will be telling you more about her D’Oyly Carte life.

2.30pm THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Opera Naples, USA The Utopia Theatre Tickets £7.50 We are delighted to welcome Opera Naples who will join us from Florida, USA. Make sure you see this vibrant youth group directed by NYGASP performer and Festival favourite Louis Dall’Ava 7.30pm THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD Forbear! Theatre The Royal Hall. Tickets from £26 - £45 Forbear! Theatre is a professional company that has been producing G&S since 2015. They treat the operas like ordinary plays and use the text and music to dictate their movement.

They wowed audiences last year with a very special production of Patience and we are looking forward to this year’s production of The Yeomen of the Guard. Don’t miss this remarkable group of talented young people.

10.00pm Late-night Festival Club and Cabaret.

Utopia Pavilion. Entry £3 Great entertainment, bar and light snacks are available.

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W E D N E S D AY 1 2 T H A U G U S T 10.30am SULLIVAN’S IRISH CONNECTION Ian Bradley The Fringe Theatre. Tickets £7.50 Ian Bradley explores Sullivan's Irish roots and ancestry and the extent to which his Irish genes may have inspired and influenced his music making and his life. He also looks forward to The Emerald Isle and how Sullivan expressed his Irish identity through it.

2.30pm HMS PINAFORE Huddersfield University G&S Society The Utopia Theatre. Tickets £15 We extend a warm welcome to Huddersfield University G&S Society who make their debut at the 27th Festival. Directed

by National G&S Opera Company member Adam Robinson we are looking forward to their brand-new production of HMS Pinafore.

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2.30pm IOLANTHE Charles Court Opera The Royal Hall. Tickets from £26 - £45 Today is “Charles Court Opera Day” and alongside their production of The Mikado this evening, CCO bring a brand new production of Iolanthe. Fairy revels are not what they were since Iolanthe was banished from the fairy ring. This is one of the most sophisticated, yet uproarious, of the Savoy Operas.

7.30pm THE MIKADO Charles Court Opera The Royal Hall. Tickets from £26 - £45 CCO return with their smart, stylish new take on possibly the most loved of their comic masterpieces, The Mikado. Behind the closed doors at the British Consulate in the town of Titipu, Japan, the scheming, slippery Lord High Executioner is about to hatch one plot too far, with far-reaching and hilarious consequences for everyone involved.

10.00pm Late-night Festival Club and Cabaret.

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P O R T U G A L’ S R I V E R O F G O L D N OV E M B E R 9 - 16 2020

Did you know that “Rio Douro” translates roughly from Portuguese as the "River of Gold"?

Theatrical Adventures are returning there in Autumn 2020. Join us and see for yourself. When the sun catches the water the river does indeed gleam like gold.

We were last on the Douro in 2017 and everyone agreed it was one of our outstanding adventures. The Douro cuts across Portugal from wild and rugged wilderness on the Spanish frontier to the old city of Oporto and the Atlantic beyond.

Grapes grown on its steeply rising banks have been sending forth legendary port wines for centuries and it has also got spectacular landscapes and a scattering of World Heritage sites.

This is a cruise for the connoisseur. It includes all meals from dinner on day one to breakfast on day eight; all drinks both with meals and served at the bar throughout the trip (excluding champagne and wines on the wine list). All excursions listed in the itinerary; a welcome cocktail party and gala dinner – and entertainment of a quality you will only find on a Theatrical Adventure. Every night we have a concert featuring our international professional artistes; we add some flamenco- themed dancing; Portuguese Fado entertainment and traditional folk music.

Prices from £1650 Call Oliver on 01422 323252 for more information www.theatricaladventures.com

T H U R D AY 1 3 T H A U G U S T 10.30am BACKSTAGE TOUR AND Q&A The Fringe Theatre.

Tickets £7.50 We go walkabout and explore the backstage secrets of the G&S Festival. We see the scenery, props and the hundreds of costumes involved in bringing the National G&S Opera Company to Harrogate. We return to the Fringe Theatre where you can hear our panel of experts talk about just what it takes to stage a Festival. Tickets for this event will be limited so we do urge you to book early. (Repeated on Thursday 20 August) 2.30pm UNBREAKABLE BOND Catrine Kirkman Utopia Theatre. Tickets £15 This was a highlight of last year’s Festival. We enjoyed it so much that we asked Catrine to come back again so everyone could see this outstanding performance. Unbreakable Bond is a specially written one-woman show about the soubrette star of the original Savoy operas, Jessie Bond. With David Eaton at the piano, the show explores the colourful life of this fantastic woman whose captivating stage presence drew admiration from both Gilbert and Sullivan in her D’Oyly Carte debut creating the role of Hebe in HMS Pinafore.

7.30pm RUDDIGORE Abbots Langley Gilbert & Sullivan Society The Royal Hall. Tickets from £21 - £32 Abbots Langley G&S Society are firm Festival favourites and we are delighted that they will be celebrating their 70th anniversary in 2020. What an achievement!

Ruddigore, or The Witches’ Curse tells the melodramatic tale of the Baronets of Ruddigore who must commit a daily crime or perish in agony. Shy Robin Oakapple thinks he has escaped the curse but is his past going to return to haunt him? Ghosts, betrayal and villains. Ruddigore has it all!

10.30pm Late-night Festival Club and Cabaret.

Utopia Pavilion. Entry £3 Great entertainment, bar and light snacks are available.

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F R I D AY 1 4 T H A U G U S T 10.30am THE EMERALD ISLE Martin Yates and Stephen Turnbull Fringe Theatre. Tickets £7.50 The Emerald Isle or The Caves of Carrig-Cleena, will be performed by the National G&S Opera Company and Friends this evening. Our G&S experts, Martin Yates (Chairman of the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society) and Stephen Turnbull (Secretary of the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society) discuss the historical background and music of this rarely performed piece in preparation for the performance.

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2.30pm THE MIKADO King’s College London G&S Society Utopia Theatre. Tickets £15 King’s College London University are the only student-based G&S society in London and are dedicated to presenting the best that W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan have to offer. They have won numerous awards at the Festival and scooped the coveted Champion’s trophy in 2018. Don’t miss their brand-new production of all-time favourite, The Mikado.

7.30pm THE EMERALD ISLE National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company and Friends The Royal Hall. Tickets from £26 - £45 The Emerald Isle or The Caves of Carrig-Cleena is a two-act comic opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and Edward German (Sullivan died before completing it), and a libretto by Basil Hood. It is believed to have had only four short professional runs since it was first produced in 1901. Directed

by Alan Borthwick, this is a rare opportunity to see the opera.

At its heart is a strong defence and promotion of Irish culture when a professor tasked with making Irish people more English ends up switching sides.

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S AT U R D AY 1 5 T H A U G U S T 10.00am-5.00pm G&S MEMORABILIA FAIR Utopia Pavilion Free entry The Memorabilia Fair is a great place to meet collectors and hunt down all things G&S from old recordings, to scores, books, figurines and other items of interest.

11.30am COLLECTING G & S MEMORABILIA - David Lovell The Fringe Theatre Tickets £7.50 2.30pm THE GONDOLIERS Grosvenor Light Opera Company Utopia Theatre. Tickets £15 We are delighted to welcome Grosvenor Light Opera Company back to the Festival with a sparkling performance of The Gondoliers. Don’t miss it!

2.30pm THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company The Royal Hall. Tickets from £26 - £45 Join our swashbuckling pirates in a brand-new production of this all-time favourite. Follow the adventures of Frederic as he is torn between his sense of duty and his love for Mabel, the Major General’s beautiful daughter. A hilarious production with well-known tunes you will be humming all the way home.

7.30pm PATIENCE National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company The Royal Hall. Tickets from £26 - £45 Directed by, and starring Simon Butteriss, this is the “must-see” show of the Festival. Patience satirizes the Aesthetic Movement of the 1870s and ‘80s and the empty, self-indulgent artists of the day. Languid poets, drooping, sighing maidens and manly dragoons make for hilarious entertainment.

10.30pm Late-night Festival Club and Cabaret.

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S U N D AY 1 6 T H A U G U S T 11.00am CHURCH SERVICE St Peter’s Church, Cambridge Road, Harrogate, HG1 1PB 2.30pm THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Oxford University G&S Society Utopia Theatre. Tickets £15 We are delighted to welcome Oxford University back to Unifest. The society is one of Oxford’s oldest and most prestigious, officially dating back to 1927, although it existed unofficially for some years before then. Their alumni include national directors and conductors, and the society was featured in the Oscar-winning film, ‘Chariots of Fire’.

2.30pm HMS PINAFORE National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company The Royal Hall. Tickets from £26 - £45 The National G&S Opera Company set sail on the HMS Pinafore in a hilarious brand-new production of this all-time favourite. Richard Gauntlett is pompous Sir Joseph Porter, First Lord of the Admiralty who arrives onboard with plans to marry the Captain’s daughter Josephine. But Josephine has other plans and is soon plotting to elope with lowly sailor Ralph Rackstraw. Uplifting entertainment in all its British silliness.

7.30pm THE SORCERER National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company The Royal Hall. Tickets £26 - £45 Directed by and starring Richard Gauntlett this will be a magical evening and a rare opportunity to see a delightful opera that seldom gets a professional outing.

Love potions. A sorcerer. Magic. What could possibly go wrong? Don’t miss a spellbinding show.

10.30pm Late-night Festival Club and Cabaret.

Utopia Pavilion. Entry £3 Great entertainment, bar and light snacks are available.

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M O N D AY 1 7 T H A U G U S T 10.30am IN CONVERSATION WITH MATTHEW KELLET Fringe Theatre.

Tickets £7.50 Matthew has been a principal member of the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company for many years. Today he tells his story.

2.30pm ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN, BOX & COX, TRIAL BY JURY Hull University Gilbert & Sullivan Society Utopia Theatre.

Tickets £15 We are delighted to welcome HUGSS back to the Festival with three shows for us to see this year!

7.30pm THE MIKADO Peak Opera The Royal Hall. Tickets from £21 - £32 Peak Opera was founded in 2005 specially to perform at our Festival in Buxton – hence the name “Peak” Opera! Over the years they have gone from strength to strength bringing performers from a wide variety of sources. Tonight, they will perform The Mikado, the best-loved of all the G&S operas.

Come along and immerse yourself in the fictional town of Titipu and join in the exploits of the hapless Ko-Ko and his cohorts as they try to outwit the mighty Mikado.

10.30pm Late-night Festival Club and Cabaret.

Utopia Pavilion. Entry £3 Great entertainment, bar and light snacks are available.

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T U E S D AY 1 8 T H A U G U S T 10.30am A MONKEY SHAVED: What We Can Learn from the Men of Gilbert and Sullivan Adrianne Berg Fringe Theatre. Tickets £7.50 How men of the Victorian era coped with their new role in society and how today's modern man could benefit from a bit of good-natured philosophy.

2.30pm THE SORCERER University of York Gilbert & Sullivan Society Utopia Theatre. Tickets £15 Now enjoying its 47th season, we are delighted to welcome University of York G&S Society back to the Festival. This active and all-inclusive society rehearse and perform three or four musicals throughout the year. In the Autumn term they present a collaborative concert with local Jorvik York G&S Society and in Spring they perform their main, fully staged G&S production in the Joseph Rowntree Theatre.

Chaos ensues when John Wellington Wells, The Sorcerer, creates a magic love potion that makes everyone fall in love with the wrong person. Can the spell be reversed? Will everyone live happily ever after or will there be hideous consequences?

7.30pm PRINCESS IDA Bus Pass Opera The Royal Hall. Tickets from £21 - £32 Meet last year’s worthy winners of the coveted G&S Festival Champion’s Trophy for their fantastic double bill of Trial by Jury and HMS Pinafore. Established exclusively for the over 60s, this will be Bus Pass Opera’s seventh production and their audience support grows year on year. In 2019 there was just a handful of seats left at the back of the dress circle so make sure you book early!

Don’t miss this year’s production of Princess Ida. You can be sure of wonderful voices and hilarious antics.

10.30pm Late-night Festival Club and Cabaret.

Utopia Pavilion. Entry £3 Great entertainment, bar and light snacks are available.

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W E D N E S D AY 1 9 T H A U G U S T 10.30am SULLIVAN WITHOUT GILBERT Alan Borthwick Fringe Theatre. Tickets £7.50 Is this fish without chips? Or gin without tonic? Come along and find out as Alan Borthwick talks about Sullivan and his work without Gilbert.

2.30pm PATIENCE Royal Holloway University - Savoy Opera Society Utopia Theatre. Tickets £15 We have a double helping of Patience this afternoon. She is a very popular girl! We are delighted to welcome Royal Holloway University back for their third year and look forward to this brand-new production. A delight!

2.30pm PATIENCE National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company The Royal Hall. Tickets from £26 - £45 This afternoon you can take your pick from two fantastic productions! Patience is an extremely witty opera, ridiculing the Aesthetic Movement of the late 19th Century and the empty, self-indulgent poets and artists of the day. Fabulous music and fabulous words. What is there not to love?

7.30pm THE SORCERER National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company The Royal Hall. Tickets from £26 - £45 Another opportunity to see this rarely performed G&S gem.

John Wellington Wells, family Sorcerer is mixing a magic love potion that will make all the villagers fall in love with the wrong person. Chaos abounds! Directed by, and starring Richard Gauntlett, this will be a hilarious evening’s entertainment.

10.30pm Late-night Festival Club and Cabaret.

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T H U R S D AY 2 0 T H A U G U S T 10.30am BACKSTAGE TOUR AND Q&A The Fringe Theatre. Tickets £7.50 We go walkabout and explore the backstage secrets of the G&S Festival. We see the scenery, props and the hundreds of costumes involved in bringing the National G&S Opera Company to Harrogate. We return to the Fringe Theatre where you can hear our panel of experts talk about just what it takes to stage a Festival. Tickets for this event will be limited so we do urge you to book early. (Repeated on Thursday 20 August) 2.30pm HMS PINAFORE University of Southampton Light Opera Society ( LOpSoc) Utopia Theatre. Tickets £15 LOpSoc, the award-winning University of Southampton Light Opera Society sail back into Harrogate this afternoon with a brand-new production of HMS Pinafore. They are regular performers in UNIFest and you can be sure of a fresh, exciting show. Don’t miss it!

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7.30pm THE GRAND DUKE SavoyNet Performing Group The Royal Hall. Tickets from £21 - £32 This evening SavoyNet Performing Group offer a rare opportunity to see the last opera written by Gilbert & Sullivan.

SavoyNet Performing Group first performed at the Festival in 1997 and has presented a full-length opera every year since 1999 rehearsing for a week prior to the single performance.

With its innovative production of Thespis in 2014, SavoyNet became the only group to complete the full fourteen opera canon at the Festival. Participants join the group from all around the world.

10.30pm Late-night Festival Club and Cabaret.

Utopia Pavilion. Entry £3 Great entertainment, bar and light snacks are available.

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to Hungar y, Croatia, Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria

FROM BUDAPEST TO BUCHAREST! WITH OUR OWN 16 PIECE ORCHESTRA AND ENTERTAINERS

Experience the mystery and beauty of eastern Europe as you sail through the history of five fascinating nations – Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, and Bulgaria – linked throughout by the majestic River Danube. Gaze in wonder at the great stone cliffs which arise out of the Danube, where ancient Roman ruins still cling to steep banks. You will sail through the legendary Iron Gate, Serbia - one of Europe’s most dramatic natural wonders. Explore exciting Budapest, booming Belgrade, eye-opening Bucharest and the spectacular rock formations of Belogradchik.

This is another exclusive Theatrical Adventure .

A cruise that combines ample leisure sailing with intriguing ports of call with some great entertainment including our own Theatrical Adventures 16-piece orchestra and five outstanding soloists.

You will be entertained – and you are invited to help us entertain!

We will have SONGS FROM THE MUSICALS FROM OPERETTA, OPERA AND OF COURSE – GILBERT AND SULLIVAN And what is special about a Theatrical Adventure is that we offer a number of cabins with no single supplement – but you need to

BOOK EARLY BEFORE THEY HAVE ALL BEEN SOLD!

Prices from £1400 Call Oliver on 01422 323252 for more information www.theatricaladventures.com

F R I D AY 2 1 S T A U G U S T 10.30am LIFE UPON THE WICKED STAGE Gary Slavin, Director SavoyNet Performing Group Utopia Theatre. Tickets £15 2.30pm IOLANTHE Newcastle University G&S Society Utopia Theatre. Tickets £15 We are delighted to welcome Newcastle University back for our final UNIFest production this year. The society was founded in 1952 and is the longest continuously running society in the University. Come and join in the fun with this talented and enthusiastic group.

7.30pm THE MIKADO Ploverleigh Savoy Players The Royal Hall. Tickets from £21 - £32 The Mikado is the most loved Gilbert & Sullivan opera and its topsy-turvy story delights audiences the world over.

Nanki-Poo loves Yum Yum. And so does the hapless Ko-Ko. When the Mikado orders a beheading, Nanki-Poo and Ko-Ko come up with the perfect plan. But in true Gilbertian style it all goes awry. Ploverleigh Savoy Players are directed by Shane Collins and they have literally swept the board of awards at previous Festivals. You an be sure of a treat this evening!

10.30pm Late-night Festival Club and Cabaret.

Utopia Pavilion. Entry £3 Great entertainment, bar and light snacks are available.

Tickets from £25 are available from the box office 01422 323 252 online www.gsfestivals.org Tourist Information Centres Harrogtae - Knaresborough Ripon

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S AT U R D AY 2 2 N D A U G U S T 10.30am IN CONVERSATION WITH MAE HEYDORN Fringe Theatre. Tickets £7.50 Mae Heydorn is a principal with the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company. Today we learn about her career from Guildhall to Glyndebourne.

2.30pm IOLANTHE Festival Youth Production & 7.30pm Utopia Theatre. Tickets £15 The Youth Production is the highlight of the Festival and every year we are blown away by the enthusiasm and talent of our young cast. This show was a sell-out last year so make sure you book early! Iolanthe is our favourite show and we can’t wait to see our fairies and peers in all their splendour.

2.30pm HMS PINAFORE National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company The Royal Hall. Tickets from £26 - £45 The National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company sail into The Royal Hall for their final weekend in Harrogate this year. And what a weekend it is! Over the next two days you can see FOUR different productions from this fantastic company. This afternoon is Richard Gauntlett’s brand-new production of HMS Pinafore. Gilbert’s sharp pen exposes the pomposity and silliness of the British class system as Captain’s daughter Josephine contemplates elopement with lowly sailor Ralph Rackstraw. And then the Captain’s world turns upside down…

7.30pm PATIENCE National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company The Royal Hall. Tickets from £26 - £45 Fabulous music and delicious words as prim little Patience, a milkmaid, tries to understand the meaning of love. Simon Butteriss stars as Bunthorne the lovelorn poet and also directs this G&S gem. This production will be a highlight of the Festival. Make sure you don’t miss it!

10.30pm Late-night Festival Club and Cabaret.

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S U N D AY 2 3 R D A U G U S T 10.30am IN CONVERSATION WITH SIMON BUTTERISS Fringe Theatre. Tickets £7.50 Simon Butteriss is a familiar face at the Festival and well-known patter-man. This year he directs and stars in Patience and can also be found in the Emerald Isle. Simon was a chorister at Westminster Abbey, ran away to play The Wilnslow Boy in its first West End revival, was a member of the National Youth Theatre, read English at Cambridge and studied at the Royal College of Music Opera School. And that was just the start! Come and list to his fascinating story.

2.30pm THE SORCERER National G&S Opera Company The Royal Hall. Tickets from £26 - £45 Your final opportunity to see this rarely performed G&S gem at the Festival this year. John Wellington Wells, family Sorcerer is mixing a magic love potion that will make all the villagers fall in love with the wrong person. Chaos abounds! Directed by, and starring Richard Gauntlett, this will be a hilarious evening’s entertainment.

7.30pm THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE National G&S Opera Company The Royal Hall. Tickets from £26 - £45 Our final production of the 27th International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival and a fitting end to a fantastic event .

Follow the adventures of lovestruck Frederick as he is torn between his sense of duty and his love for Mabel, the Major General’s beautiful daughter. A hilarious production with well-known tunes you will be humming all the way home.

10.30pm Late-night Festival Club and Cabaret.

Utopia Pavilion. Entry £3 Great entertainment, bar and light snacks are available.

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E GY P T , T H E N I L E F E B R UA RY 17 - 2 7 2020 Visiting Dendara, Karnak, Luxor Museum, Howard Carter House, Valley of Kings, Valley of Nobles, Esna, Kom Ombo, Aswan, Kalabsha Temple.

For thousands of years the River Nile has enabled people to live in Egypt. Join us on a remarkable 6,000 year Theatrical Adventure journey which defies description. It will be our fourth Egyptian cruise and includes many new highlights.

We have a limited number of single cabins with no supplement. When they are gone – they are gone!

GREAT ENTERTAINMENT

We are delighted to welcome SIMON BUTTERISS, RACHEL HARLAND and ROBERTA MORRELL as our on-board entertainers with ANDREW NICKLIN providing the musical accompaniment. The show we will rehearse and present after the Gala Dinner will be The Pirates of Penzance.

Cost per person includes Hotel ( three nights) and Cruise (seven nights) Cabins from £1,650 to £2,100 www.theatricaladventures.com 01422 323 252