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Gondoliers Auditions!



We had such an incredible turn-out at the auditions for Principal Roles in our January production of ‘The Gondoliers’! In fact, we had the highest number of auditionees in over ten years! How amazing is that?!

The Production Team and the Committee would like to say a big thank you to all those who auditioned last week. It made casting decisions very difficult, because the general standard was so high, but also an absolute pleasure to hear what a bunch of talented individuals we have on board! A Big Congratulations goes out to every one who auditioned, not just those of you who were successful this time. We look forward to hearing you all again auditioning for our NEXT production of The Sorcerer! Keep checking back here for details.

We are delighted to officially announce our Principal Cast.

Catch this wonderful show and our super talented cast at the Greenwood Theatre on January 18th, 19th and 20th!

The Duke of Plaza-Toro: Geoffrey Wallis

Luiz: Dan Rubins

Don Alhambra Del Bolero: Michael Pandazis

Marco Palmieri : Alex Carpenter

Giuseppe Palmieri: Liam Geoghegan

Antonio: Jonathan Whiting

Francesco: Lenin Vázquez

Giorgio: Rob Sanders Hewett

Annibale: Peter Swallow

The Duchess of Plaza-Toro: Claudia Chapman

Casilda: Sarah Moriarty

Gianetta: Christina Krawec

Tessa: Laura Jamie Anstice

Inez: Cissy Street-Mellor

Fia: Mary Jayne Harding Scott

Metta: Zoe Jiao

Vittoria: Lani Strange

Giulia: Mary Grace Crabtree

The talent we have both in our Principal cast and our Chorus is truly remarkable and The Gondoliers will be a very exciting and exceptionally excellent show! You won’t want to miss it! And REMEMBER:

We do not audition for our Chorus and all are welcome to join this already fabulously talented cast! We are also on the look-out for extra orchestra members and anyone who may be available to offer their skills backstage too. If you would like to be involved in ‘The Gondoliers’ it isn’t too late! Just drop us an email on our contact form HERE.

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Enhance that Wreckless Delight!!!!!!!

Our spendid fully-staged production of The Gondoliers (or The King of Barataria) is on 18th-20th January!

We will be performing once again at the wonderful Greenwood Theatre (nearest station London Bridge) on Wednesday 18th, Thursday 19th and Friday 20th January. And we would love for you to join us! We rehearse every Thursday evening 6pm-9pm, with some additional Sunday’s and Wednesday’s.

Auditions for Principal Roles will be on the evenings of Monday 3rd and Wednesday 5th October. For further details of the auditions and to download an audition pack please click here.

We pride ourselves on the excellent standard of our open chorus – it is non-auditioned and no previous stage experience is required! Just come along to a Thursday rehearsal and join in. For more information on how you can be involved please email us now!

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FESTIVAL SUCCESS!

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that our UniFest entry into this year’s International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival was nominated for no fewer than 7 Awards!!!!

These were:

Best Musical Director – Victoria Mulley (and Dave Anstice-Pim)

Best Director – Elena Louise Baker

Best Costumes – Lucy Harrold

Best Male Performer – Edward Thomson as ‘Colonel Calverley’

Best Female Voice – Laura Jamie Anstice as ‘Patience’

Best Female Performer – Laura Jamie Anstice as ‘Patience’

Best Character Actress – Laura Jamie Anstice as ‘Patience’

We are also ecstatic to let you know that we won a total of 4 awards, including the 1st Runner’s Up Award in the UniFest Competition!

AWARDS WON AT THE 23rd INTERNATIONAL GILBERT & SULLIVAN FESTIVAL UNIFEST COMPETITION:

1st Runner Up UniFest Award

Best Musical Director – Victoria Mulley (and Dave Anstice-Pim)

Best Director – Elena Louise Baker

Best Female Voice – Laura Jamie Anstice for Patience

We are all so happy for the acknowledgement of our hard work and our wins and nominations are true testament to the hard work, dedication and sheer talent of everyone involved. What we are even more proud of is that we put on such a wonderful show. The feedback from our Harrogate audience was heartfelt and enthusiastic – everyone seemed to enjoy it! Considering that we were one of three entries this year who put on a production of Patience it is great to know that our take on this well-loved and well-performed G&S Opera was received so well!

We would like to also offer our sincerest congratulations to all the other University Groups who participated, especially to Hull, who just pipped us to the post with their wonderful performance of Princess Ida and walked away UniFest champions. We are very much looking forward to seeing what you have got in store for us next year!

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About the Society

We are the King’s College London Gilbert & Sullivan Society. And we would love for you to become a member of our Family.

Now in our 30th year (and we DO plan to celebrate a LOT!), the G&S society is highly regarded on the scene for its vibrant and captivating productions as well as our friendly and sociable nature.. The only student-based G&S society in London, we are dedicated to presenting the best that the works of WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan have to offer!

Our 2016-17 season will include a fully-staged version of The Gondoliers in January at the recently refurbished Greenwood Theatre – KCL’s very own Off-West-End theatre venue!

We will then be putting on a performance of The Sorcerer, with a concert performance at the beautiful Strand Chapel in March before taking our show on tour to Yorkshire in August to participate in the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival! We are also excited to announce a special London preview performance of The Sorcerer at an exciting London Fringe venue!

It’s going to be an awesome year – contact us now to find out how you can get involved and to be added to our mailing list!

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KCL G&S 30th Anniversary!

If you are an alumni of the Society and are looking for details of our 30th Anniversary celebrations then we would love to hear from you! Whether you would like to help us organise, become a ‘Friend’ of the Society or simply attend the celebrations.

You can get in touch by sending us a message on our contact page.

Details will be added in due course on the website, so keep checking back here for further info.

Find out more about our upcoming shows and how to join the fun here

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