This is an archive of information advertised in 2021. Dates, prices and booking details below are historical. See the organiser’s current information.
The International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival’s 2021 Buxton programme was advertised at Buxton Opera House from 31 July to 7 August. Following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, the festival said it would retain some socially distanced seating.
Festival director Janet Smith said at the time that existing socially distanced bookings would be honoured and that the festival planned to sell around 55% of the Opera House seats.
The 2021 programme
The week offered productions of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operas by the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company and visiting companies.
The advertised programme included the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company’s The Mikado, Patience and HMS Pinafore; Charles Court Opera’s Iolanthe; and Forbear! Theatre’s The Yeomen of the Guard and The Pirates of Penzance. Simon Butteriss directed and appeared in The Mikado, and James Hendry conducted the National Festival Orchestra.
Simon Butteriss’s solo adaptation of George and Weedon Grossmith’s The Diary of a Nobody was advertised for 6 August in Buxton.
Festival fringe
The preview also advertised a fringe programme at St John’s Church, including a conversation with National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company performer Bruce Graham.
Supporting the festival
The 2020 festival was cancelled during the pandemic. In 2021, the festival invited supporters to sponsor a seat while it retained some socially distanced seating.
For the current programme and booking details, visit the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival or Buxton Opera House.
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