Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney presents "Iolanthe"
Fridays, 8pm to 10:30pm Weekends, 2pm to 4:30pm Friday 6 October 2023 to Sunday 8 October 2023 Saturday 7 October 2023 from 8pm to 10:30pm
Are love and equality a path to peace – or to the breakdown of law and order? Could they even lead to both?!
Iolanthe is Gilbert & Sullivan at their awesome, uproarious best!
When the eternally young fairy Iolanthe falls in love with a mortal, not even her friendship with the Fairy Queen can prevent her banishment for breaking fairy law.
Her secret, half-fairy son Strephon fights against identity, class, politics and the law itself to be with his love Phyllis – an effort made harder by her legal guardian and wannabe suitor, the Lord Chancellor, who has been in a downhill spiral ever since the disappearance of his beloved Iolanthe.
Against a backdrop of amorous lords and flirty fae, and with farcical Fate lurking around the corner, a fairytale for modern times takes shape.
Iolanthe – with just a touch of Ludwig van Beethoven and William Shakespeare – will be performed by the 30-strong cast of Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney with orchestra.