| Date |
Time |
Event |
Location |
| JULY |
|
|
|
| Sat
30th |
10.00am |
Festival
Youth Auditions |
Octagon |
| 2.30pm |
"Scratch" 'HMS
Pinafore' with guest principals |
Paxton |
| 7.30pm |
The
Yeomen of the Guard, Edinburgh G&S Society |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Paxton Lounge |
| Sun
31st |
10.30am |
G&S
Fun Run for Tsunami Relief (from the Opera House) |
Around
the Lake |
| 2.30pm |
Edinburgh G&S
Concert |
Paxton |
| 7.30pm |
Utopia
Ltd, G&S Players, Philadelphia, USA |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| AUGUST |
|
|
Opera
House |
| Mon
1st |
10.30am |
To
finalise |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
Bruce Montgomery (USA)
discusses a lifetime of G&S |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
Trial
by Jury/Cox & Box, A Disagreeable Man? |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Pot Luck
"Patience" |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Tue 2nd
|
10.30am |
Meet the
"Young G&S Ambassadors" |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
David Turner (Festival
Adjudicator) 'Life upon the wicked stage' |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
Iolanthe,
Godalming Operatic Society |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Wed 3rd
|
10.30am |
Ian and
Neil Smith's fifteen festival highlights |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
"An Accompanist's
Lot is Not a Happy One!' with Clive Woods |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
The
Gondoliers, Nene Opera |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Thu 4th
|
10.30am |
In
Conversation with Michael Rayner |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
David Russell Hulme
discusses Sullivan's Savoy Opera music |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
The
Grand Duke, Blue Hill Troupe, New
York. |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Fri 5th
|
10.30am |
Festival
Choir rehearsal with Brian Brown |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
Blue Hill Troupe -
discuss their reduced Grand Duke |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
HMS
Pinafore, Opera Della Luna |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Sat 6th
|
10.30am |
Ian
Bradley launches his new G&S book 'Oh Joy! Oh Rapture!" |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
The
Grand Duke, Blue Hill Troupe, New
York |
Opera
House |
| 3.00pm |
'The Topsy-Turvey World
of G&S', Oxford University G&S |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
HMS
Pinafore, Opera Della Luna |
Opera
House |
| 8.00pm |
Martin Lamb 'Songs of
Empire' |
Paxton Theatre |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Pot Luck
"Princess Ida" |
Paxton Theatre |
| Sun 7th
|
10.30am |
John
Owen Edwards reminisces |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
To finalise |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
The
Mikado, Sale G&S Society |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Mon 8th
|
10.30am |
In
Conversation with Simon Butteriss |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
Roberta Morrell - life
on tour with the D-Oyly Carte (illustrated) |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
The
Pirates of Penzance, Youth Production |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Tue 9th
|
10.30am |
Pamela
Leighton Bilik discusses G&S in schools |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
And afternoon with
Philip Potter |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
Iolanthe,
The SavoyNet |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Wed 10th
|
10.30am |
In
Conversation with Diana Burleigh (director, last night's Iolanthe) |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
Festival Production
Auditions (chorus) |
Trinity Church |
| 7.30pm |
The
Yeomen of the Guard, Abbots Langley G&S Society |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Thu 11th
|
10.30am |
Jeremy
Stevenson - More Songs of Famous Savoyards |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
Canonballs: Plagarism
& parody of G&S canon down the years |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
The
Mikado, South Anglia Savoy Players |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Fri 12th
|
10.30am |
Festival
Choir rehearsal with Brian Brown |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
Forducks Theatre 'A
Colossal Idea' & 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern' |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
The
Sorcerer, The G&S Opera Company |
Opera
House |
| 8.00pm |
Film: 'Utopia Ltd',
Trent Opera |
Paxton Theatre |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Pot Luck
"Trial" and "Cox & Box" |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Sat 13th
|
10.00am |
Memorabilia
Fair (ends at 5.00pm) |
Octagon
Lounge |
| 10.30am |
Ian Bradley: G&S in
popular culture |
Paxton Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
The
Sorcerer, The G&S Opera Company |
Opera
House |
| 3.00pm |
Thomas Round: Grand
Opera Memories (with video and recordings) |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
The
Sorcerer, The G&S Opera Company |
Opera
House |
| 8.00pm |
Film: 'The G&S
Story' (starring Robert Morley) |
Paxton Theatre |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Sun 14th
|
11.00am |
Church
Service |
St.
John's |
| 2.30pm |
The Rose of Persia -
Nothampton G&S (with orchestra) |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
Ruddigore,
St Mary's RC High School |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Mon 15th
|
10.30am |
In
Conversation with Andrea Atherton (director, St. Mary's) |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
David Turner (festival
adjudicator) - The role of an adjudicator |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
Princess
Ida, Trent Opera |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Tue 16th
|
10.30am |
In
Conversation with Andrew Nicklin |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
An afternoon of
"Quip and Quiddity" |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
The
Pirates of Penzance, Cape Town G&S Society |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Wed 17th
|
10.30am |
In
Conversation with Cape Town G&S Society |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
Trevor Mills discusses
his G&S life in a P.O.W. camp |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
HMS
Pinafore, Festival Production |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Thu 18th
|
10.30am |
Singing
from the Bandstand |
Bandstand |
| 2.30pm |
"A Jorum of
Tea" with Alistair Donkin |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
The Sorcerer,
Derby G&S Company |
Opera
House |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Fri 19th
|
10.30am |
Festival
Choir rehearsal with Brian Brown |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
Flanders and Swan
Reprised! with Andrew Nicklin & Simon Theobald |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
Ruddigore,
The G&S Opera Company |
Opera
House |
| 8.00pm |
Film: Houston's 2004
Festival winning 'Mikado' |
Paxton Theatre |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Entertainment |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Sat 20th
|
10.30am |
To
finalise |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
Ruddigore,
The G&S Opera Company |
Opera
House |
| 3.00pm |
Thomas Round: Musical
Memories |
Paxton Theatre |
| 7.30pm |
Ruddigore,
The G&S Opera Company |
Opera
House |
| 8.00pm |
Film: Derby's award
winning 'Yeomen of the Guard' |
Paxton Theatre |
| 10.30pm |
Late Night Festival Club
and Pot Luck
"Gondoliers" |
Pavilion Lounge |
| Sun 21st
|
10.30am |
To
finalise |
Paxton
Theatre |
| 2.30pm |
Young
Artistes "Pirates of Penzance" followed by Awards Ceremony |
Opera
House |
| 7.30pm |
Farewell Festival Dinner |
Palace Hotel |