Full Programme
17th International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival
31st July - 21st August 2010
DAY-BY-DAY PROGRAMME
| July |
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Sat 31st
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2.30 pm
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The John Reed Special Memorial Concert
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Octagon
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£7.50
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7.30 pm
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Iolanthe, Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company
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Opera House
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8.00 pm
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The Ko-Ko Awards Ceremony
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Octagon
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£5.00
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10.30 pm
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Festival Club and Pot Luck "The Gondoliers"
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Pavilion Lounge
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£3.00
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August
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10.30 am
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50 Years of Memorable Moments with John Reed, Ian Smith
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Octagon
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£5.00
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12.30 pm
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G&S Lunch at Lee Wood Hotel
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Lee Wood
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£14.00
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2.30 pm
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Iolanthe, Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company
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Opera House
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3.00 pm
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John Reed Memorial Church Service
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Methodist Church
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7.30 pm
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Iolanthe, Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company
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Opera House
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8.00 pm
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Ian Smith - Highlights from the Gettysburg G&S Festival
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Octagon
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£5.00
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10.30 pm
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Festival Club and Pot Luck "HMS Pinafore"
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Pavilion Lounge
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£3.00
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Mon 2nd
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10.30 am |
My Kind of Music - Peggy Ann Jones |
Octagon |
£7.50
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2.30 pm |
My Kind of Music - Valerie Masterson |
Octagon |
£7.50
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7.30 pm |
Ruddigore, Plymouth G&S Fellowship |
Opera House |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club with Cabaret |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Tue 3rd |
10.30 am |
Desert Island Disks with Robin Wilson |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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2.30 pm |
From Thespis to Pirates - G&S in 1870s with Robin Wilson |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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7.30 pm |
Patience, Peak Opera |
Opera House |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club with Cabaret |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Wed 4th |
10.30 am |
My Kind of Music - Michael Rayner |
Octagon |
£7.50 |
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2.30 pm |
The Future of G&S in the UK, Ian Smith & Bernard Lockett |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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7.30 pm |
The Sorcerer, Youth Production |
Opera House |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club with Cabaret |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Thu 5th |
10.30 am |
In Conversation with David Turner |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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2.30 pm |
Ruth Vincent Savoy princess" - a recital from Elise Curran |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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7.30 pm |
The Pirates of Penzance, South Anglia |
Opera House |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club with Cabaret |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Fri 6th |
10.30 am |
Thomas Round - Friday Night is Music Night |
Octagon |
£7.50 |
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10.30 am |
Festival Choir Rehearsals |
Octagon Foyer |
£3.00 |
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2.30 pm |
The Gilbert & Sullivan Story with Martin Lamb |
Octagon |
£7.50 |
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7.00 pm |
Gala Evening in Chatsworth House with Richard Suart |
Chatsworth |
£45.00 |
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7.30 pm |
The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company |
Opera House |
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8.00 pm |
Film Festival from Gettysburg - "Der Yiddisher Mikado" and Gilbert's play "The Carp" |
Octagon |
£3.00 |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club and Pot Luck "Princess Ida" |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Sat 7th |
10.00 am - 5.00 pm |
Memorabilia Fair |
Octagon Foyer |
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10.30 am |
125 years of The Mikado - in Buxton and Beyond, Ian Smith |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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2.30 pm |
The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company |
Opera House |
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3.00 pm |
The Pirates - reset in the 60s, Lyric Music Society, Wales |
Octagon |
£7.50 |
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7.30 pm |
The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company |
Opera House |
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8.00 pm |
The Pirates - reset in the 60s, Lyric Music Society, Wales |
Octagon |
£7.50 |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club, Cabaret and Pot Luck "Trial by Jury" |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Sun 8th |
10.30 am |
Sky Arts launch "Gilbert & Sullivan-A Motley Pair" TV programme |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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2.30 pm |
HMS Pinafore & The Zoo, Charles Court Opera |
Opera House |
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3.00 pm |
Happy Arcadia, OOPS Productions |
Octagon |
£7.50 |
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7.30 pm |
HMS Pinafore & The Zoo, Charles Court Opera |
Opera House |
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8.00 pm |
Highlights from the first G&S Youth Festival & future prospects |
Octagon |
£3.00 |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club & Cabaret |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Mon 9th |
10.30 am |
Film Festival from Gettysburg - Victoria Lyric Theatre "Pinafore" |
Octagon |
£3.00 |
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2.30 pm |
The Falsetto Sings Gilbert & Sullivan - Martin Milnes |
Octagon |
£7.50 |
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7.30 pm |
Iolanthe, Trent Opera |
Opera House |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Tue 10th |
10.30 am |
Global G&S |
Octagon |
£3.00 |
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2.30 pm |
Songs of Famous Savoyards (Part 10) Jeremy Stevenson |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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7.30 pm |
HMS Pinafore, Festival University Production |
Opera House |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club with Cabaret |
Pavilion Loung |
£3.00 |
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| Wed 11th |
10.30 am |
50 Years of Memorable Moments with John Reed, Ian Smith |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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2.30 pm |
My Kind of Music with Alistair Donkin |
Octagon |
£7.50 |
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7.30 pm |
The Gondoliers, SavoyNet Performing Group |
Opera House |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club with Cabaret |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Thu 12th |
10.30 am |
Lost Chords & Christian Soldiers - Sullivan's Sacred Music - Ian Bradley |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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2.30 pm |
More Edwardian Delights - Romy McCabe and Ian Henderson |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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7.30 pm |
Utopia Limited, Southampton |
Opera House |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club with Cabaret |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Fri 13th |
10.30 am |
Diana Burleigh - Desert Island Disks |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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10.30 am |
Festival Choir Rehearsals |
Octagon Foyer |
£3.00 |
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2.30 pm |
The Mountebanks with Elise Curran and Friends |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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7.00 pm |
Gala Evening in Chatsworth House Theatre with Donald Maxwell |
Chatsworth |
£45.00 |
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7.30 pm |
The Yeomen of the Guard, G&S Opera Company |
Opera House |
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8.00 pm |
Iolanthe - Peer Pressure, LOOD |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club with Cabaret |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Sat 14th |
10.30 am |
Ian Bradley launches new book "Water Music - music making in spas |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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2.30 pm |
The Yeomen of the Guard, G&S Opera Company |
Opera House |
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3.00 pm |
The New England Chorale & The Northampton Concert Orchestra |
Octagon |
£7.50 |
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7.30 pm |
The Yeomen of the Guard, G&S Opera Company |
Opera House |
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8.00 pm |
A Gilbert & Sullivan Barn Dance with Michael Symes |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club with Cabaret and Barn Dance |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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| Sun 15th |
10.30 am |
Church Service at St John's |
St John's |
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2.30 pm |
The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company |
Opera House |
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3.00 pm |
It's Only a Way I've Got, Fenton Gray with Charles Miller at the piano |
Octagon |
£7.50 |
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7.30 pm |
The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company |
Opera House |
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8.00 pm |
Scott Hayes - Sullivan's great-great nephew reminisces |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club with Pot Luck "Ruddigore" |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Mon 16th |
10.30 am |
Sullivan - The California Connection - Scott Hayes |
Octagon |
£7.50 |
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2.30 pm |
In the Dusk with the light behind them - Jill Pert & Hilary Morgan |
Octagon |
£7.50 |
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7.30 pm |
Princess Ida, Oxford University G&S Society |
Opera House |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club with Cabaret |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Tue 17th |
10.30 am |
Exploring Gilbert's Dialogue - a workshop by Diana Burleigh |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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2.30 pm |
G&S Curtain Raisers - Chapel End Savoy Players |
Octagon |
£7.50 |
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7.30 pm |
The Mikado, Derby G&S Company |
Opera House |
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10.30.pm |
Festival Club with Cabaret |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Wed 18th |
10.30 am |
Sky Arts launch "Gilbert & Sullivan-A Motley Pair TV programme |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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2.30 pm |
Debate - This house believes G&S will die out in 20 years - Manchester G&S |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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7.30 pm |
The Sorcerer, Festival Production |
Opera House |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club with Cabaret |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Thur 19th |
10.30 am |
Film Festival from Gettysburg-Philadelphia Union - The Sorcerer |
Octgaon |
£3.00 |
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2.30 pm |
Ian Belsey and Friends Entertain |
Octagon |
£7.50 |
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7.30 pm |
The Pirates of Penzance, New Lyric Operatic Co, Belfast |
Opera House |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club with Cabaret |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Fri 20th |
10.30 am |
Film Festival from Gettysburg - Ridgewood - The Grand Duke |
Octagon |
£3.00 |
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10.30 am |
Festival Choir Rehearses with Radio 2 Presenter Brian Kaye |
Octagon Foyer |
£3.00 |
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2.30 pm |
In Conversation with Brian Kay |
Octagon |
£5.00 |
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7.30 pm |
HMS Pinafore, Opera della Luna |
Opera House |
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8.00pm |
Film Festival from Gettysburg - Youth Production "The Pirates of Penzance" |
Octagon |
£3.00 |
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10.30 pm |
Festival Club and Cabaret Pot Luck "Patience" |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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| Sat 21st |
10.30 am |
G&S Association Annual Members Meeting & Forum |
Octagon |
FREE |
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2.30 pm |
Iolanthe, Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company |
Opera House |
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3.00 pm |
The Parson's Pirates, Opera della Luna |
Octagon |
£15.00 |
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7.30 pm |
Iolanthe, Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company |
Opera House |
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8.00 pm |
Film Festival from Gettysburg - Youth Production "Pirates" |
Octagon |
£3.00 |
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10.00 pm |
Festival Club, Awards Ceremony and Cabaret |
Pavilion Lounge |
£3.00 |
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