Batley G&S | Iolanthe (2023)

4 July Summer Concert
at Croft House
(Upper Jackroyd Ln, Upper Hopton, Mirfield WF14 8HS)
5 July Summer Concert
at Longcauseway Church
(The Princess of Wales Precinct, Dewsbury WF13 1NH).

This was the Society's 73rd Gilbert & Sullivan production and the eigth time for "Iolanthe".

The production was followed, just one week later, by the Coronation of King Charles III and was dedicated to him.
Take a look at our previous productions of "Iolanthe".

2023 2011 2001 1992 1983 1972 1960 1950.
As our President noted in the programme, the production was felt to be particularly appropriate, poking fun at the goings on in Parliament and specifically what happens "when women interfere in politics".
The Society first performed "Iolanthe" in 1950. Tickets for that production ranged from 2 / 6 (that's 2 shillings and sixpence or 12 1/2p in todays money) to 3/- (as in 3 shillings or 15p). Tickets for the 2023 production were £13.50.

Producer/Director : David Hall
Musical Director : Richard Buxton

Cast


The Lord Chancellor:	Malcolm Parkinson
Earl of Mountararat:	David Parker
Earl Tolloller:	Edwin Kirkwood
Private Willis: (of the Grenadier Guards)	Simon Bray
Strephon: (an Arcadian Sheperd):	Oliver McGreevy
Queen of the Fairies :	Stephanie Roe
Iolanthe: (a Fairy, Strephon's Mother)	Fay Church
-- Fairies --
Celia :	Kathryn Buxton& Carol Parkinson
Leila:	Marilyn Cooper
Fleta:	Debbie Moores
Phyllis: (An Arcadian Shepherdess & Ward of Chancery)	Heather Watson


*Marquess of Largesse* - Simon Bray	*Fairy Cakes* - Lyndsey Hall
*Lord Egree* - Louise Fung	*Fairy Bramblewheels* - Tracey Hook
*Count de Monay*- Richard Grigg	*Fairy Nuff* - Philippa Johnstone
*Earl Seaton* - Philip Haley	*Fairy Bluebell* - Caroline Ledgspan
*Duke a l'Orange* - David Hall	*Fairy Flutterby* - Tanya Parsons
*Lord Knows-Watt* - Tony Johnson	*Fairy Conomy* - Melanie Stephen
*Lord Elpus* - Steve Mohun	*Fairy Liquid* - Amanda Storey
*Baron Hardup* - Robert Thurman