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G&S Gala |
12 February 2012 |
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The Edinburgh Gilbert and Sullivan Society will
be performing an evening of Gilbert & Sullivan on Sunday 12th February in the Queen’s Hall,
Edinburgh to celebrate the centenary of W. S.
Gilbert’s death. This will be a fun-filled
evening full of everyone's favourite pieces.
As part of this
concert, our members will present excerpts from
Gilbert’s operetta The Mountebanks, never before seen in Edinburgh,
with music by Alfred Cellier, one of Sullivan's
assistant conductors at the Savoy Theatre.
So why not come
and join the soloists and chorus of the
Edinburgh Gilbert and Sullivan Society for an
evening of sparkling wit and glorious music, led
by Director Alan Borthwick and Musical Director
David Lyle.
Tickets are £10 and are available direct from the Queen’s Hall Box Office on
(0131) 668 2019 or from society members.
Date: 12-Feb 2012
Time: 7:30pm
View details on
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Iolanthe 2012 |
Spring 2012 |
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The
Edinburgh Gilbert & Sullivan Society are delighted to announce that the
next production that the company will be
performing is
Iolanthe,
and due to the renovation work taking place in March 2012 at the
King's Theatre, the production will take place in the Festival
Theatre, Edinburgh. Tickets should become available in
September 2011 for this event which proves to be an event not to
be missed!
Rehearsals for the show will start
at the end of September, and there is still time to join the
company by auditioning for either a principal role, or for a
position in the EDGAS chorus. Anyone interested in taking
part in the production should contact the secretary for
information on how to apply to be a member. The
secretary's contact information can be found on the
contacts page.
This year, the original poster
artwork has been kindly provided by the artist Jack
Shalatain. To find out more about him and his
artwork, visit his website at
http://www.shalatain.co.uk/ |
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Chat Mailing List |
April
2011 |
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The
Edinburgh Gilbert & Sullivan Society now has
a mailing list that anyone can join. It is an open
list which can be used by anyone that has an interest in the
society for sending information to like-minded people.
There is no mediation of the list, so you can post what you like
as long as it is not illegal or offensive! To join, just
visit
the subscription page. |
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One last Mikado |
1 August 2011 |
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The
highly successful run of
The Mikado
in the King's
Theatre, Edinburgh in March 2011 finally
come to an end in March, however there was still one
more performance of this production to come - in Buxton
at the Gilbert and Sullivan International
Festival on 1st August this year.
The show, which
attracted the largest amateur audience of the
year in Edinburgh, was taken to The Buxton
Opera House where it was performed for one
night only to close on a full house.
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Marines Concert Another Hit |
22 Nov 2010 |
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The wonderfully versatile musicians
of the Royal Marines Band Scotland together with the exuberant
singers of the Edinburgh Gilbert & Sullivan Society were back in
combination for the 2010 concert. In addition to the
traditional Royal Marines Band tunes and the splendid Corps of
Drums, there were light classical, music from the shows,
exquisite solo pieces and of course plenty of Gilbert &
Sullivan. It was a wonderfully colourful show, with 45 Royal
Marine Bandsmen on stage backed up by the Edinburgh Gilbert &
Sullivan Society singers. This event was, as always, a highlight
of the Usher Hall programme. |
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About the society |
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The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of
Edinburgh was founded in 1924 to foster the love and
appreciation of the works of W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur
Sullivan.
The Society meets monthly between
October and May for recitals, talks and other events. Performing
members meet weekly during the winter to rehearse the annual
production. During the year, performing members also provide
concerts for many organisations and groups throughout Edinburgh,
the Lothians and beyond. For the past few years, the Society has
been invited by Seafarers UK Scotland to sing at its annual
concert in the Usher Hall with the Band of H.M. Royal Marines
Scotland.
The Society has been raising funds
for charity since 1946 and in the past few years has helped the
Sick Kids Appeal, Music and the Deaf, Sir Malcolm Sargent Cancer
Fund for Children, the Council for Music in Hospitals and Marie
Curie Cancer Care.
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Archive section |
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This site contains a large area
dedicated to archive material from previous shows. This information contains show dates,
programme covers, cast lists, biographies of members, current and
past, of the society and much more.
If you want to know anything about
the history of the society, this is a good place to start.
If
you have any additional material that could be
added to this archive, please let us have a
copy. Details of how this can be done can be
found on the archive page.
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