Does Gilbert and Sullivan need updating for our changed times? Cal McCrystal explains why his joyful new Iolanthe contains not a single lecherous peer but plenty of feisty fairies ...

Iolanthe New York in 1887 - Iolanthe Strephon, an Arcadian shepherd, wants to marry Phyllis, a ward of the Court of Chancery. Phyllis does not know that Strephon is half fairy - down to the waist.

Cal McCrystal’s joyous Gilbert and Sullivan staging returns to English National Opera packed with pantomime animals, visual and verbal gags and, above all, terrific singing Cal McCrystal’s joyous ...

Granted that a distinctly British blend of propriety and whimsy is a hallmark of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic operas, "Iolanthe" nonetheless registers as a shade more pixilated than most.

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An updated dash of whimsy and fairy tale elements along with pointed social commentary mark the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston's summer production of "Iolanthe' (or "The Peer and the Peri"), ...

Magic, fairies and forbidden love: This year, the University of Michigan Gilbert and Sullivan Society brings all the drama and comedy of fairyland onto the stage with their production of “Iolanthe.” ...

Love is truly in the air for the Brown University Gilbert and Sullivan's production of "Iolanthe" this weekend in Alumnae Hall. Beyond the show's multiple intertwined love stories, the BUGS cast ...

NOTHING could be more delightful than opening a G&S Festival programme to discover that Simon Butteriss is singing the role of the Major-General — unless you also see that he is portraying the Lord ...

Is there possibly a place, in 2002, for a Victorian operetta that ends with a bubbly chorus of “Everyone is now a fairy”? Of course there is. Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe may seem, at first glance, ...

Summon, if you will, the Lord High Executioner. Prepare ye, oh guardians of the sacred flame of Gilbert & Sullivan, to huff and puff in high-whiskered indignation. It has to be said: watching Iolanthe ...