Sasha Regan’s All-male Iolanthe UK Tour

Last Updated on 13th August 2018

Sasha Regan’s all-male production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe UK Tour returns in 2018

Having wooed audiences in the UK and Australia with the award-winning Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore and The Mikado, Sasha Regan returns with her most critically acclaimed production, Iolanthe, which broke all box office records on its transfer to Wilton’s Music Hall in 2011.

Torches flash in the darkness as a party of naughty schoolboys adventure into the magical surroundings of an old theatre. Amid all the backstage paraphernalia they discover a Narnia-like wardrobe and a dusty copy of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe. What follows is pure magic!

Universally regarded as Sir Arthur Sullivan’s most beautiful score, Iolanthe is a topsy-turvy love story between the most unlikely of couples… fairies and members of the House of Lord’s! Sasha Regan’s all male, award-winning company return with their best received production. Her inimitable inventiveness combined with Gilbert and Sullivan’s inherent barminess make for an unmissable night out.

Iolanthe became the fourth consecutive major success for Gilbert and Sullivan. It was the first work to premiere at the Savoy and first new theatre production in the world to be illuminated entirely with electric lights!

Sasha Regan comments, I am thrilled that Iolanthe will be touring once again! These all-male productions stem from my memories of performing Gilbert and Sullivan’s productions when I was at a single-sex school and I’ve always loved the innocence attached to these productions. The laughter and playfulness afforded by setting it in this all-male environment allows the audience to really tap into the ‘topsy turvy’ world without being detached from it.

When it premiered in 2011 Iolanthe was nominated for numerous Off West End Awards – Best Director, Best Choreographer, Best Production, Best Costume Design and Best Male Performance.

SASHA REGAN’S ALL-MALE IOLANTHE UK TOUR

30^th April – 5^th May 2018
Theatre Royal Winchester

11^th – 12^th May 2018
Hall for Cornwall

15^th – 19^th May 2018
Richmond Theatre

21^st – 22^nd May 2018
Theatre Royal Windsor

28^th – 30^th May 2018
East Riding Theatre

31^st May – 2^nd June 2018
Bridlington Spa

5^th – 9^th June 2018
Exeter Northcott Theatre

12^th – 16^th June 2018
Theatre Royal Bath

19^th – 23^rd June 2018
Theatre Royal Brighton

3^rd – 7^th July 2018
Cambridge Arts Theatre

10^th – 14^th July 2018
Festival Theatre Malvern

19^th – 21^st July 2018
Theatre Severn

23^rd – 28^th July 2018
Greenwich Theatre

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