Harrogate Gilbert & Sullivan Society
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HMS Pinafore 2025
Our show in 2025 will be HMS Pinafore, at the Fraser Theatre in Knaresborough from 4th to 7th June
Auditions for principal roles will take place on Sunday 24th November, do get in touch if you are interested
It will soon be Christmas (again)
Christmas is a coming and the annual concert with the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band will take place in the Royal Hall, Harrogate on Saturday 21st December at 6pm
Tickets are on sale here
Rehearsals will start on Monday 21st October (after our AGM on 14th October)
Cast list for Pirates announced
January 2024
Pirate King - Oliver Longstaff
Frederick- Dan Stanford
Sergeant of Police- Gordon Fawcett
Samuel - John Carter
Ruth - Jane Reeve
Mabel - Catherine Nuttall
Edith - Gill Dobson
Kate - Lisa Madden
Isobel - Helen Hovell
Christmas Concert tickets are selling fast
December 2023
Tickets for our Christmas concert are selling well - make sure you get yours soon so you don't miss the chance to hear us and the award winning Brighouse and Rastrick band
The Pirates are Coming in 2024
August 2023
We are delighted to announce that in 2024 the Pirates of Penzance will be treading the boards at the Fraser Theatre in Knaresborough from 5th to 8th June.
Auditions are being held on 5th November 2023 - please contact the Chair for more information
We are off to Buxton
July 2023
Having had a very successful week in May in the Fraser Theatre in Knaresborough we are now getting ready to take our production of Mikado to Buxton - you can get tickets here
Time for a Celebration - join us for our 50th Birthday Party / After Show Party
June 2023
Members old and new are invited to our celebration party - featuring a Ceilidh, yummy food, free glass of fizz on arrival, the Doily Awards and so much more!
get in touch for tickets asap!
Cast for 2023 Production of The Mikado complete and tickets are on sale!
March 2023
The cast for The Mikado is as follows
Mikado - Oliver Longstaff
Nanki Poo - Daniel Stanford
KoKo - Vincent Conyngham
Pish Tush - Jonathan Spry
Pooh Bah- Gordon Fawcett
Yum Yum - Alex Mather
Pitti Sing - Brittany Rachin
Peep Bo - Lisa Madden
Katisha - Liz Kelley
It's our 50th Year so our production in May will be Mikado
January 2023
As we do in every anniversary year we will be performing MIkado to celebrate our 75th year. Starting with the get in on 22nd May the show week will run until 27th May, at the Frazer Theatre in Knaresborough. Anyone taking part is also asked to make sure they are available for our travelling production at the Buxton festival on 7th August.
Just one Christmas Concert this year!
October 2022
This year there will be just one performance of the annual Christmas concert with the Brighouse and Rastrick Band - at 6pm. Tickets will be selling fast so you are encouraged to get yours as soon as possible from the Theatre Box Office Tel 01423 502116 or online here
Cast for Iolanthe announced
February 2022
This delightful comic opera contains some of the finest melodies Sullivan ever wrote and was his first major success with WS Gilbert. Directed by Oliver Longstaff, this new version of The Sorcerer brings the plot into the 1940s as the villagers prepare to celebrate. When starry-eyed young lovers, Alexis and Aline, decide everyone in their village should be as happy as they are and hire a magician to brew a love potion for the village, typical G&S mayhem and hilarity ensue.
A great evening of entertainment and wonderful singing is anticipated in this magical 1940s production of The Sorcerer – think ‘G&S meets Dad’s Army’!
The Cast
Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre - Gordon Fawcett
Alexis - Jack Megson
Dr Daly - David Parker
A Notary - John Carter
John Wellington Wells - Graham Weston
Hercules - tbc
Lady Sangazure - Jane Fawcett
Aline - Brittany Rachin
Mrs Partlett - Julie Robinson
Constance - Megan Mead