York Theatre Royal
Wed 8 Nov, Thu 9 Nov, Fri 10 Nov, Sat 11 Nov
7.30pm – 9.45pm & 4.30pm – 7.15pm
£6 – £23
Twenty (or so) love-sick maidens, all in love with “aesthetic” poet Reginald Bunthorne; twenty (or so) officers of the Dragoon Guards, highly offended that their fiancées have all deserted them for a man who wears velveteen knickerbockers and carries a lily; Patience, the village milkmaid, a pretty but down-to-earth working girl, and Oh, no!!…not another velvet-clad poet….!
The 1870s/80s craze for all things aesthetic may long have passed, but Gilbert’s satire on affectation is still as valid and as funny as it was 136 years ago, and Sullivan’s music is at its most tuneful and witty.
Tickets range from £6 for children in the Rear and Side Gallery to £23 for adults in the stalls or dress circle
Tickets available from York Theatre Royal Box Office (01904) 623568 or on line at www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk.