Gondoliers 2016 (Harrogate)

"The Gondoliers" is LOpSoc's 2016 Summer Show, and is also due to be performed in the International G&S Festival on August 17th in Harrogate.

Marco and Giuseppe are two merry republican Venetian gondoliers, recently engaged to Gianetta and Tessa. What is their surprise when, right after their wedding, the Spanish inquisitor Don Alhambra shows up and reveals that one of them is no other than the King of Barataria!

The inquisitor stole the baby prince from Barataria many years ago and brought him to be raised by a gondolier in Venice. Said gondolier died when Marco and Giuseppe were younger, and now the only person who can identify the true King is Inez, the lady who nursed the royal baby back in Barataria. Now with the death of the former King, it is imperative that Marco and Giuseppe leave immediately and assume the throne as one individual. There is only one little problem: ladies are not allowed in the court of Barataria, and so Gianetta and Tessa must remain in Venice...

That, in fact, is just an excuse made up by Don Alhambra. The truth is, the prince of Barataria was married in infancy to Casilda, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Plaza-Toro. Casilda herself didn't know about her husband, and is desolate when her parents tell her the truth. She is secretly in love with Luiz, her father's servant, and now her dreams seem more impossible than ever before...

Are the gondoliers going to succeed in bringing their republican ideals to Barataria? What will happen when Gianetta and Tessa find out that either Marco or Giuseppe was already married to Casilda? Will the Plaza-Toros regain their status and fortune? Will Don Alhambra find Inez and finally solve this confusion?

Love, gondolas, political ideals, mistaken identities and all the classic G&S plot tweaks and twists meet in Harrogate this Summer!

Production Team

Role	Name
Director	Joe Hand
Director	Owen Perring
Assistant Director	Vikie Miller
Musical Director	George Smith
Musical Director	Renata Stella
Producer	Jeremy Hunt
Producer	Amber Courage
Assistant Producer	Guillemette Rident
Choreographer	Emily Gray

Cast

Role	Name
Marco	Barnaby Wilson
Giuseppe	Stephen Woolford
Gianetta	Mara Bucsinescu
Tessa	Sophie Brant
Duke Plaza-Toro	David Child
Duchess	Venetia Matthews
Casilda	Amy Wardle
Luiz	Ben Walker
Don Alhambra	Billy Boulton
Inez	Rhiannon Creffield
Fiametta
Vittoria	Amber Courage
Giulia	Katie Giles
Antonio	Archie Combe
Francesco	Richard Kille
Giorgio	Jamie Hizzett
Chorus