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Tag Archives: Gilbert & Sullivan

Vivacious, Victorian, and very good fun: Ruddigore, Gilbert & Sullivan, Southgate Opera

We tend to think of Victorian society as morally strict, judgemental, and socially tense: and Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore, while confirming all the above, savagely pokes fun at Victorian ideals…

February 11, 2018 in Amateur, Gilbert & Sullivan, Operetta.

Always a Bridesmaid: Gilbert & Sullivan’s Ruddigore

Ruddigore is a glorious comic romp through a very English country village, full of wonderfully awkward Edwardian love and delicious puns. Charles Court Opera’s dynamic and brightly-sung production at the…

February 20, 2015 in Gilbert & Sullivan.

Greasepaint and glamour: a new production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado

The reason The Mikado can move us, despite all its apparent silliness, is that some of its humour is in fact presciently serious at heart. With a healthy dash of camp, glamour, greasepaint…

December 3, 2014 in Gilbert & Sullivan.

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