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The Rt. Hon Sir Joseph Porter, KCB        Samuel Silvers (New York,NY, USA)
Captain Corcoran    Ian Henderson (Wokingham, UK)
Ralph Rackstraw    Davron Hicks (Rhondda, UK)
Dick Deadeye    Jonathan Ichikawa (New Brunswick, NJ, USA)
Bill Bobstay    Tony Smith (Lincoln, UK)
Bob Becket    Laurie Weissbrot (Glastonbury, CT, USA)
Josephine    Rebecca Hains (Peabody, MA,USA)
Hebe    Laura Schatz (Toronto, Ont.,Canada)
Little Buttercup    Angela Lowe (Brussels, Belgium)

Chorus of Sisters, Cousins and Aunts
Angie Arnell (Erith, UK)
Meriel Bartlett (Cornwall, UK)
Linda Briggs (St Andrews, UK)
Kim Dahms (Collegeville, PA, USA)
Carol Davis (New York, NY, USA)
Mary Finn (Webster, MA, USA)
Katie Holler (North Bergen, NJ, USA)
Amy Karash (Wayne, PA, USA)
Kate Lowe (Brussels, Belgium)
Karen Ann Loxley (Sheffield, UK)
Rachel Middle (St Andrews, UK)
Sara Nealley (Ardmore, PA, USA)
Celia Perry (Rosières, Belgium)
Sarah-Jane Read (Dartington, UK)
Sarah Vamplew (Sidcup, UK)
Denise Wicken (Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium)

Chorus of Sailors
Philip Barton (Little Sandhurst, UK)
Rick DuPuy (Washington, DC, USA)
David Fidler (Stromness, UK)
Guilherme Gama (São Paulo, Brazil)
Chris Hall (Fleet, UK)
Laurie Marks (Feering, UK)
Edwin Nealley (Ardmore, PA, USA)
John Penn (Belvedere, UK)
Richard Pennicard (Chelmsford, UK)
William Revels (Littlehampton, UK)
John Sabberton (Woodhall Spa, UK)
Kelsey Thornton (Breda, The Netherlands)
Christopher Wain (Keele, UK)

Marines
Mike Nash (Rugby, UK)
Paul Gaskell (St. Helens, UK)

Sat 28 9.00am Youth Festival and Youth Production auditions Paxton Theatre

1.00pm Singing all thirteen operas Pavilion Gardens

3.30pm Big Sing Octagon

7.30pm The Yeomen of the Guard: Carl Rosa Opera Opera House

8.00pm Ian Smith’s Old Time Music Hall Paxton Theatre

10.30pm Festival Club with pot-luck performance of Iolanthe Pavilion Lounge

Sun 29 10.30am Desert Island Discs: John Owen Edwards Paxton Theatre

2.30pm The Yeomen of the Guard: Carl Rosa Opera Opera House

3.00pm Sopranos I Have Known: Thomas Round Paxton Theatre

7.30pm The Yeomen of the Guard: Carl Rosa Opera Opera House

8.00pm G & S concert with a supernatural theme: Generally G & S of Retford Paxton Theatre

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

Mon 30 10.30am In Conversation with Peter Mulloy, director of Carl Rosa Opera Paxton Theatre

2.30pm More Songs of Famous Savoyards: Jeremy Stevenson Paxton Theatre

7.30pm The Pirates of Penzance: G & S Society of Edinburgh Opera House

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

Tue 31 10.30am Desert Island Discs: Gillian Humphreys, Festival Adjudicator Paxton Theatre

2.30pm Here’s a State of Things: Bernard Lockett Paxton Theatre

7.30pm The Gondoliers: Abbots Langley G & S Society Opera House

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

August

Wed 1 10.30am Desert Island Discs: Ian Smith, Festival Director Paxton Theatre

2.30pm A Sensation Novel (Gilbert): OOPS Productions Paxton Theatre

7.30pm The Sorcerer: Peak Opera Opera House

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

Thu 2 10.30am Acting workshop: David Duffey Paxton Theatre

2.30pm Telling the Story in G&S: lecture-recital by Martin Lamb and Hilary Morgan Paxton Theatre

7.30pm Trial by Jury and H.M.S. Pinafore: Youth productions Opera House

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

Fri 3 10.30am Festival Choir rehearsal Paxton Theatre

2.30pm To be announced Paxton Theatre

7.30pm Patience: Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company Opera House

8.00pm Ian Smith’s Old Time Music Hall Paxton Theatre

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

Sat 4 10.30am Education workshop (day 1) Paxton Theatre

2.30pm Patience: Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company Opera House

3.00pm The Mikado: Film of the Tokyo Theatre Company’s 2006 production Paxton Theatre

7.00pm Singing from the Gallery Opera House

7.30pm Patience: Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company Opera House

8.00pm Young Artists in concert Paxton Theatre

10.30pm Festival Club with pot luck performance of Ruddigore Pavilion Lounge

Sun 5 10.30am Education workshop (day 2) Paxton theatre

2.30pm Concert by education workshop participants Paxton Theatre

7.30pm Iolanthe: Philadelphia Union (USA) Opera House

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

Mon 6 10.30am Desert Island Discs: Gareth Jones Paxton Theatre

2.30pm The G&S Dating Agency: a musical farce with Gerry Bremner and Natasha Shipp Paxton Theatre

7.30pm The Pirates of Penzance: Liverpool Theatre School and College Opera House

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

Tue 7 10.30am In The Dusk With A Light Behind Her: concert by Jill Pert and Hilary Morgan Paxton Theatre

2.30pm A Salaried Wit: film starring and introduced by Simon Butteriss Paxton Theatre

7.30pm The Mikado: Trent Opera Opera House

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

Wed 8 10.30pm Singing from the Bandstand Bandstand

10.30am Festival Production chorus auditions Paxton Theatre

2.30pm Fondly Laid Aside: G&S parodies with Stephen Turnbull and friends Paxton Theatre

7.30pm H.M.S. Pinafore: SavoyNet (international) Opera House

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

Thu 9 10.30am Sullivan and his Satellites: concert by Elise Curran Paxton Theatre

2.30pm Pygmalion and Galatea and Foggerty’s Fairy (Gilbert): Forducks Theatre Company Paxton Theatre

7.30pm Princess Ida: South Anglia Savoy Players Opera House

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

Fri 10 10.30am Festival Choir rehearsal Paxton Theatre

2.30pm Reminiscences of Touring with D’Oyly Carte: Roberta Morrell Paxton Theatre

7.30pm The Mikado: Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company Opera House

8.00pm Ian Smith’s Old Time Music Hall Paxton Theatre

10.30pm Festival Club with pot luck performance of H.M.S. Pinafore Pavilion Lounge

Sat 11 10.00am G & S Memorabilia Fair (closes 5pm) Octagon Lounge

11.00am Annual General Meeting of the International Gilbert and Sullivan Association Paxton Theatre

2.30pm The Mikado: Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company Opera House

3.00pm H.M.S. Pinafore: Charles Court Opera Paxton Theatre

7.00pm Singing from the Gallery Opera House

7.30pm The Mikado: Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company Opera House

8.00pm H.M.S. Pinafore: Charles Court Opera Paxton Theatre

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

Sun 12 11.00am Service of thanksgiving for the lives of Gilbert and Sullivan Methodist Church, Market Place

2.30pm Haddon Hall (Sullivan): Northampton G & S Society and Orchestra Paxton Theatre

7.30pm The Gondoliers: Cape Town G & S Society (South Africa) Opera House

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

Mon 13 10.30am The Happy Land - Gilbert’s Banned Play: Andrew Crowther and Brian Jones Paxton Theatre

2.30pm Happy Wanderings of a Savoyard – a Memoir of Leonora Braham: Rachel Harland Paxton Theatre

7.30pm The Yeomen of the Guard: Nene Opera Opera House

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

Tue 14 10.30am Victorian Comic Readings and Bab Ballads: Geoff Hales Paxton Theatre

2.30pm Sullivan’s Lost Chords: recordings from 1888 with Roger Wild Paxton Theatre

7.30pm Patience: G & S Society of Victoria (Australia) Opera House

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

Wed 15 10.30am Desert Island Discs: Robert Ray (Director, G&S Society of Victoria) Paxton Theatre

2.30pm Sullivan’s Hymns and Old, New and Unusual Recordings: Norwich G&S Soc. Paxton Theatre

7.30pm Ruddigore: Festival production Opera House

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

Thu 16 10.30am Desert Island Discs: Andrew Nicklin Paxton Theatre

2.30pm Ruddigore – an Original View: Manchester G & S Society Paxton Theatre

7.30pm The Mikado: Festival Productions (Ireland) Opera House

10.30pm Festival Club with cabaret Pavilion Lounge

Fri 17 10.30am Festival Choir rehearsal Paxton Theatre

2.30pm Here’s a State of Things: Bernard Lockett Paxton Theatre

7.30pm Iolanthe: Carl Rosa Opera Opera House

8.00pm Ian Smith’s Old Time Music Hall Paxton Theatre

10.30pm Festival Club with pot luck performance of Cox and Box and Trial by Jury Pavilion Lounge

Sat 18 10.30am Baritones and Basses I Have Known: Thomas Round Paxton Theatre

2.30pm Iolanthe: Carl Rosa Opera Opera House

3.00pm Cox and Box and The Zoo (Sullivan): Avon Opera Paxton Theatre

7.30pm Iolanthe: Carl Rosa Opera Opera House

8.00pm Cox and Box and The Zoo (Sullivan): Avon Opera Paxton Theatre

10.30pm Festival Club with pot luck performance of The Sorcerer Pavilion Lounge

Sun 19 12 noon Gala lunch and awards ceremony Palace Hotel

Late additions to list:-

3 August 2.30 Friends of Helen Beechinor in concert: Helen's friends pay tribute to her and perform some of her favourite music
4 August 10.30 The Mikado: a "chamber" performance by the Wand'ring Minstrels, a group of 17/18-year-olds from the West Midlands
5 August 10.30 The Gilbert and Sullivan Soprano Arias: Rebecca sings her CD!
5 August 2.30 Young Artists in Concert

Our tickets arrived this morning! In the dress circle for 12 performances - bliss! See you there????

Visiting Buxton for the Festival in your caravan? These are the caravan sites in Buxton at which we have stayed.

They are all excellent and you will find other G&S Festival attendees at all three.

Grin Low Caravan Club Site we spent many happy years going to Grin Low but eventually we decided to move somewhere else. This is a very sheltered site being constructed in an old disused limestone quarry. You can see the quarry walls in the background.

Lime Tree Park - we used this park on a couple of visits but did not like it as much as the two above - having said that it is a perfectly good site. There are also static caravans available.

If I have missed off any flags for participants in this production please let me know and I will add them.