Events Diary
2024
Our next productionDid you know?
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Our 50th production (in this our 49th year) and the Society's 7th production of "The Gondoliers".
The production was the first to be directed by a double act of Michael Kirby and Graham Weston. Graham went on to direct a number of productions for the Society and to be awarded a Life Membership for his contribution.
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From Gilbert's Bab Ballads:
"Now Marco, dear" -
The Gondoliers was the first G&S operetta to be honoured with a command performance before Queen Victoria and the Royal Family at Windsor Castle (6th March 1891).
The Gondoliers is musically pan-European with music borrowed from France - the stately gavotte; from Spain - the Andalusian cachucha; from Italy - the saltarello and the tarantella; and from Venice itself - the Venetian barcarolle.
Producer/Director : Michael Kirby & Graham Weston
Musical Director : Keith Webster
Cast
| Duke of Plaza Toro : (a Grandee of Spain): | Keith Horner |
| Luiz : (his Attendant) : | Jeremy Shoesmith |
| Don Alhambra Del Bolero : (the Grand Inquisitor) : | Robert Thurman |
| Venetian Gondoliers | |
| Marco Palmieri : | Ian Townend |
| Giuseppe Palmieri : | Keneth Davison |
| Antonio : | Paul Child |
| Francesco : | Stephen Roe |
| Giorgio : | Ian Castle |
| Duchess of Plaza Toro : | Stephanie Roe |
| Casilda : (her daughter) : | Carol Parkinson |
| Contadine | |
| Gianetta : | Mary Cadwaladr |
| Tessa : | Alison Sowerby |
| Fiametta : | Natalie Hanson |
| Vittoria : | Janice Child |
| Giulia : | Sue Ralph |
| Inez : (the King’s Foster-Mother) : | Dorothy Whitworth |
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Chorus :
Tracey Barker, John Berry, Jill Calleja, Pat Davison, Rachel George, Judith Gill, Margaret Hanson, David Hirst, Gill Leverton, Elaine Mantle, Karen Morton, Catherine Roberts, Sally Roberts, Chris Sowerby, Debbie Stringer,Pamela Thorne & Kathryn Thurman.