Details

One of Gilbert and Sullivan's best-loved comic operettas, Patience wittily satirises the Victorian Aesthetic movement and the rival claims of Art and Man to win a fair lady's hand. Bunthorne the poet is madly adored by a bevy of beautiful maidens (and Lady Jane), who have thrown over their former lovers, the Heavy Dragoon Guards - but Bunthorne only has eyes for his innocent dairymaid, Patience. Matters are complicated when Patience's former boyfriend arrives on the scene and the Guards turn to Art to win back their errant fianc Sung in English

Cast/Performers

Lauren Zolezzi (Patience - some dates), Luci Briginshaw (Patience - some dates), Bradley Travis (Bunthorne), Ross Ramgobin (Grosvenor), Valerie Reid (Lady Jane), Suzanne Fishcer (Lady Saphir), Gaynor Keeble (Lady Angela), Andrew Slater (Colonel Calverley), Jan Capinski (Major Murgatroyd), Aled Hall (Duke of Dunstable)

Creatives/Company

Music: A Sullivan
Lyrics: W S Gilbert
Company: English Touring Opera
Conductor: Timothy Burke
Director: Liam Steel