The 8th International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival
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Saturday 28 July to Sunday 19 August The International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival returns to Buxton for its eighth consecutive year. It will feature leading performing groups from all corners of the UK as well as the USA and Ireland. Once again as many of Gilbert and Sullivan's operas as possible will be featured throughout the course of the festival, which is the largest event of its kind anywhere in the world. The Festival will also feature a wide variety of daytime activities including workshops, masterclasses, recitals and video screenings as well as a nightly Festival Club and Cabaret. For full details of these productions and the many additional events taking place during the Festival, call 01422 323252. July Sat 28 The Good Old Days G & S Festival Ensemble Sun 29 The Sorcerer The Nomads Mon 30 The Mikado Abbots Langley G & S Tues 31 The Gondoliers Trent Opera August Wed 1 HMS Pinafore (updated) Southampton Opera Society Thurs 2 The Grand Duke The Savoy Singers, Camberley Fri 3 The Mikado G & S Opera Company Sat 4 The Mikado (2.30pm & 7.30pm)G & S Opera Company Sun 5 The Mikado (2.30pm) G & S Opera Company Princess Ida (7.30pm) Festival Youth Production Mon 6 Patience SavoyNet Tues 7 Pirates of Penzance tbc Wed 8 Iolanthe Fraser Valley G & S, Canada Thurs 9 Ruddygore Rosehill Musical Society Fri 10 HMS Pinafore G & S Opera Company Sat 11 HMS Pinafore (2.30pm & 7.30pm) G & S Opera Company Sun 12 Pirates of Penzance South Anglia Savoy Players Mon 13 Yeoman of the Guard The Edmund Rice Group Tue 14 Iolanthe Festival Production Wed 15 Patience Nene Opera Thur 16 The Mikado Derby G & S Company Fri 17 Cox & Box/Pirates of Penzance G & S Opera Company Sat 18 Cox & Box/Pirates of Penzance G & S Opera Company (2.30pm & 7.30pm) Sun 19 HMS Pinafore (6.30pm) St Mary's High School Awards Ceremony & Cabaret (9pm) Paxton Suite, Pavilion Gdns On sale from the International G & S Festival from 1 March. Tel 01422 323252 On sale from Buxton Opera House from 1 April. Tel 01298 72190.
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