Something to Sing About
October 18, 2007
THE CARL ROSA COMPANY returns to the Theatre Royal Newcastle with three Gilbert and Sullivan masterpieces, Iolanthe, The Yeomen of the Guard andPatience from Tuesday 6 - Saturday 10 November.
Iolanthe is an enduring fantasy on the class and political system. Directed by the company’s Artistic Director Peter Mulloy, it tells the tale of a ward of court who may not marry her shepherd boyfriend. His fairy queen mother and aunts storm Westminster to make him a Member of Parliament so he can win the girl with fantastic consequences.
The Yeomen of the Guard is directed by Michael McCaffrey and is a story of ill-fated love, intrigue and escape in Tudor England. A framed colonel is to be executed in the Tower of London on charges of witchcraft. A mock marriage would cheat his betrayer of his estate. The court jester offers his sweetheart a bag of coins, but will the plan have a happy ending for everyone?This new production of Patience is directed by Peter Mulloy and is a nineteenth century sparkling satire on Oscar Wilde and the aesthetes. A pretentious poet seduces a bevy of country girls away from their army sweet hearts, although he really fancies the village milkmaid. When a rival poet appears it leads to delirious mayhem.
Carl Rosa Company present Iolanthe, Yeoman of the Guard and Patience at the Theatre Royal from Tuesday 6 - Saturday 10 November.
Tickets are priced at £9.50 - £26.50
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