🎉 2025 Grand Festival Draw Winners Announced! We are delighted to reveal the winners of our 2025 Grand Festival Draw! If you bought a ticket from one of our fabulous volunteers on the forecourt during this year’s Festival, or purchased online, it’s time to check those ticket stubs and see if you’re one of our lucky winners! This year’s incredible…
Priority Booking Dates for Friends of the G&S Festival Priority Booking 1From Wednesday 17 December 2025For Patrons, Life Members and Festival Partners Priority Booking 2From Wednesday 7 January 2026For Benefactors Priority Booking 3From Wednesday 21 January 2026 – Tuesday 3 February 2026For Festival Friends Priority Booking for all members closes on Tuesday 3 February 2026. Open Sale: From Wednesday 4 February 2026 Members can…
YOUTH AWARDS Best Performer in a Male RoleKarl Morewood – Captain Corcoran Best Performer in a Female RoleLie Jennings – Josephine Adjudicator’s AwardThe entire company for exceptional choral work UNIFEST Best Performer in a Male RoleGray Wood – Lord Chancellor Iolanthe, Southampton LOpSoc Best Performer in a Female RoleMathilda Ketterer – Phyllis Iolanthe, Durham Opera…
National G&S Opera Company Director Iolanthe and The Pirates of Penzance I’m delighted to be back with the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company to direct The Pirates of Penzance and Iolanthe – two of my favourites, that are full to the brim with “unmingled joy”! But of course, bringing any theatrical production to life…
