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The 10th International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival |
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Saturday 26th July 2003 until Sunday 17th August 2003. |
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Buxton - Derbyshire - England |
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Congratulations to Derby - Winners 2003 and also to SavoyNet for continuing their progress in these Festivals
Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte at Buxton Opera House in 1980 - could that be the Smiths in the background? Only if they are selling raffle tickets!
(Thanks to Chris Webster for this photo)
For full results see the Results 2003 link at the top of this page.
Here are details of the programme:-
| Date and Time | Event | Location |
| Sat 26th July 9.30 am | Festival Youth Production - Auditions | |
| Sat 26th July 2.30 pm | "I have a song to sing Oh!!" With Simon Butteriss | Paxton |
| Sat 26th July 7.00 pm | Festival Opening and Singing from the Gallery | Opera House |
| Sat 26th July 7.30 pm | Together Again Gala | Opera House |
| Sun 27th July 10.30 am | The Smiths Look Back | |
| Sun 27th July 2.30 pm | Opera Della Luna - Parson's Pirates (click here for details) | Opera House |
| Sun 27th July 7.30 pm | Opera Della Luna - The Mikado | Opera House |
| Sun 27th July 10.30 pm | Festival Club and Pot Luck "Ruddigore" | Pavilion Lounge |
| Mon 28th July 10.30 am | In conversation with Christine Nicklin | |
| Mon 28th July 2.30 pm | Meet the Festival Adjudicator - Gillian Humphries | |
| Mon 28th July 7.30 pm | Iolanthe - Bournemouth | Opera House |
| Tue 29th July 10.30 pm | Memories - Andrew Nicklin | |
| Tue 29th July 2.30 pm | Sir Richard Cholmondeley - Ben Chamley | |
| Tue 29th July 7.30 pm | HMS Pinafore - Peterborough | Opera House |
| Wed 30th July 10.30 am | Patience | Bandstand |
| Wed 30th July 2.30 pm | Peterborough G&S Concert and Trial By Jury | Paxton |
| Wed 30th July 7.30 pm | Princess Ida - Southampton | Opera House |
| Thu 31st July 10.30 am | Film - The Gilbert & Sullivan Story | |
| Thu 31st July 2.30 pm | "A Tenor All Singers Above" - Nick Sales | Paxton |
| Thu 31st July 7.30 pm | The Mikado - West Norfolk | Opera House |
| Fri 1st August 10.30 am | Chorus Workshop | |
| Fri 1st August 2.30 pm | Dear Jessie - Janet Cowley & Barry Clarke | |
| Fri 1st August 7.30 pm | The Grand Duke - Trent | Opera House |
| Sat 2nd August !0.30 am | Famous Savoyard Recordings - Jeremy Stephenson | |
| Sat 2nd August 2.30 pm | Carl Rosa Opera - The Pirates of Penzance | Opera House |
| Sat 2nd August 3.00 pm | Jean Hindmarsh - Sounds of Music | |
| Sat 2nd August 7.00 pm | Singing from the Gallery | Opera House |
| Sat 2nd August 8.00 pm | Sheffield Youth G&S Theatre Gala Concert | |
| Sat 2nd August 7.30 pm | Carl Rosa Opera - The Pirates of Penzance | Opera House |
| Sun 3rd August 10.30 am | From Earthquakes to G&S - Ian Smith | |
| Sun 3rd August 2.30 pm | Carl Rosa Opera - The Gondoliers | Opera House |
| Sun 3rd August 3.00 pm | Tom Round and his Autobiography | |
| Sun 3rd August 7.30 pm | Carl Rosa Opera - The Gondoliers | Opera House |
| Sun 3rd August 8.00 pm | An Evening with the Nomads | |
| Sun 3rd August 10.30 pm | Festival Club and Pot Luck "Sorcerer" | Pavilion Lounge |
| Mon 4th August 10.30 am | Conversation with Carl Rosa's Peter Mulloy | |
| Mon 4th August 2.30 pm | Ko-Ko- in the Provinces - Melvyn Tarran | |
| Mon 4th August 7.30 pm | The Yeomen of the Guard - Youth Production | Opera House |
| Tue 5th August 10.30 am | Pamela Leighton-Bilik Childrens Workshop | |
| Tue 5th August 4.00 pm | Children's Concert | |
| Tue 5th August 7.30 pm | Utopia Ltd. - SavoyNet | Opera House |
| Wed 6th August 10.30 am | Peter Parker - More G&S Memories | |
| Wed 6th August 2.30 pm | Conversation with Alan Spencer | |
| Wed 6th August 7.30 pm | Ruddigore - Nene | Opera House |
| Thu 7th August 10.30 am | "The Other Gilbert" - Andrew Crowther | Paxton |
| Thu 7th August 10.30 am | Chorus Festival Production auditions | |
| Thu 7th August 2.30 pm | Froducks Theatre "The Hooligan" & The Miller and his men | |
| Thu 7th August 7.30 pm | The Pirates of Penzance - Rose Hill | Opera House |
| Fri 8th August 10.30 am | Chorus Workshop with Festival MD | |
| Fri 8th August 2.30 pm | Cynthia Morrey and John Fryatt | |
| Fri 8th August 7.30 pm | Princess Ida - G&S Opera Company | Opera House |
| Fri 8th August 8.00 pm | Gillian Humphries & The Concordia Foundation | |
| Sat 9th August 10.00 am | Memorabilia Fair | |
| Sat 9th August 10.30 am | Ian Bradley "Take it as it comes" | |
| Sat 9th August 2.30 pm | Princess Ida - G&S Opera Company | Opera House |
| Sat 9th August 3.00 pm | Batsman's Bride - Manx G&S Society | |
| Sat 9th August 7.00 pm | Singing from the Gallery | Opera House |
| Sat 9th August 7.30 pm | Princess Ida - G&S Opera Company | Opera House |
| Sat 9th August 8.00 pm | Batsman's Bride - Manx G&S Society | |
| Sun 10th August 10.30 am | Church Service | |
| Sun 10th August 12.30 pm | Association Lunch | |
| Sun 10th August 2.30 pm | Concert - Helen Beechinor & friends | |
| Sun 10th August 7.30 pm | Iolanthe - The Lamplighters USA | Opera House |
| Mon 11th August 10.30 am | Mike Ainger's G&S Biography | |
| Mon 11th August 2.30 pm | Conversation with Fraser Goulding | |
| Mon 11th August 7.30 pm | Ruddigore - Derby | Opera House |
| Tue 12th August 10.30 am | Coach tour to Chatsworth House | |
| Tue 12th August 2.30 pm | Ailstair Donkin Entertains | |
| Tue 12th August 7.30 pm | The Gondoliers - Sale G&S | Opera House |
| Wed 13th August 10.30 am | Derby G&S "The Gondoliers" (Video) | |
| Wed 13th August 2.30 pm | Manchester G&S Celebrity Question Time | |
| Wed 13th August 7.30 pm | The Sorcerer - South Anglia | Opera House |
| Thu 14th August 10.30 am | G&S Props on a budget - Ben Chamley | |
| Thu 14th August 2.30 pm | A Society Clown - Leon Berger | |
| Thu 14th August 7.30 pm | Patience - Festival Production | Opera House |
| Fri 15th August 10.30 am | Chorus Workshop | |
| Fri 15th August 2.30 pm | Stephen Turnbull - Leon Berger - "In the D'Oyly Carte" | |
| Fri 15th August 7.30 pm | HMS Pinafore - G&S Opera Company | Opera House |
| Fri 15th August 8.00 pm | Cox and Box - G&S Opera Company | |
| Sat 16th August 10.30 am | Ian Bradley "Back Vermin Back" | |
| Sat 16th August 2.30 pm | HMS Pinafore - G&S Opera Company | Opera House |
| Sat 16th August 3.00 pm | Jean Hindmarsh - Sounds of Music | |
| Sat 16th August 7.00 pm | Singing from the Gallery | |
| Sat 16th August 7.30 pm | HMS Pinafore - G&S Opera Company | Opera House |
| Sat 16th August 8.00 pm | OOPs Productions - Gilbert's "The Gentleman in Black" | |
| Sat 16th August 10.00 pm | Festival Club and Pot Luck "The Pirates of Penzance" | Pavilion Lounge |
| Sun 17th August 2.30 pm | "I have a song to sing Oh!" With Simon Butteriss | Paxton |
| Sun 17th August 10.30 am | Tom Round reviews his autobiography | |
| Sun 17th August 2.30 pm | Simon Butteriss - I have a song to sing Oh! | |
| Sun 17th August 7.30 pm | Last Night of the Proms and Awards Ceremony | Opera House |