Category: Gilbert and Sullivan

Posted in Gilbert and Sullivan Musicals Richmond Theatre Theatre Theatre review Touring

Review: Sasha Regan’s All Male Mikado, Richmond Theatre

(c) Scott Rylander “They are not young ladies…” If it ain’t broke, why fix it? Sasha Regan…

Posted in Gilbert and Sullivan Musicals Theatre

Review: Sasha Regan’s All Male HMS Pinafore, Hackney Empire

“The gentleman is quite right. If you please”  If you have seen one of Sasha Regan’s all-male…

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Review: The Pirates of Penzance, Richmond Theatre

“We can’t make piracy pay” Gilbert and Sullivan’s titular buccaneers may struggle with a lack of a…

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Review: The Mikado, Charing Cross Theatre

“The Japanese equivalent for hear, hear, hear” Though I am most familiar with the score, I’ve never…

Posted in Gilbert and Sullivan Music YouTube

Saturday afternoon music treats

A rather diverse mix this week   Glenn Close + Jonathan Groff – Oh False One! (from…

Posted in Gilbert and Sullivan Musicals Theatre Theatre review Union Theatre

Review: Sasha Regan’s All Male Patience, Union Theatre

“There is more innocent fun within me than the casual spectator might allow” The all-male Gilbert and…

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Shows I am looking forward to in 2012

Though the temptation is strong, and the actuality may well prove so, I don’t think I will…

Posted in Gilbert and Sullivan Musicals Theatre Wilton's Music Hall

Re-review: Iolanthe, Wilton’s Music Hall

“I am not insensible to manly beauty” Sasha Regan’s Iolanthe, as it has been billed, is the…

Posted in Gilbert and Sullivan King's Head Theatre Theatre

Review: Gilbert & Sullivan – All At Sixes And Sevens, King’s Head Theatre

  “A man is most successful when he knows the extent of his limitations”      …