Welcome to GanderS Issue 6 In this sizzling summer issue Get your tickets now! How you can be there to see the show.. The cast is ready for tea Working together to bring you a super show…. Iolanthe – take 2! Our friends at Putteridge Bury revive the fairies…. We go Wild! Our exciting new […]
Category Archives: Ganders summer 2019
Cartoon – Cup and Sorcery
Aline? The philtre? You have tasted it? Oh yesh…….
Sally Lunn Sorcery
Singing Sally's praises What better way to celebrate our new production of “The Sorcerer” than with a tasty slice of Sally Lunn: Now to the banquet we press; Now for the eggs and the ham; Now for the mustard and cress, Now for the strawberry jam! Now for the tea of our host, Now for […]
The Goose wants answers sorcery
The Great Goose Quiz Quiz 6 is about sorcery The Sorcerer is magical. How is your arcane knowledge? The Elixir of Love, like The Sorcerer, features a love potion. Who composed the opera? So who, in 1963 sang about a numbered love potion? Pat Boone referred to the same potion in 1964. What was his […]
The Bus Shelter MK
So what’s the new interest in buses? We were delighted to welcome The then Mayor of Milton Keynes, Councillor Martin Petchey to our production of “Iolanthe” in March.? He told us about this wonderful local charity giving help in Milton Keynes. The Bus Shelter MK is a homeless shelter on wheels to reduce rough sleeping […]
Iolanthe – take 2
Putteridge Bury Gilbert and Sullivan Society are very close to our hearts. Some of us even perform with both societies.? By an amazing co-incidence, they are performing Iolanthe this year too. So, if you loved Iolanthe at Stantonbury and want to see another and different production of this amazing show, you know where to go..
The Sorcerer July 2019
Our summer show is “The Sorcerer”! This glorious tale of magic potions and mis-matched lovers will run for a full four nights.? Our first performance will be on Wednesday 17th July and we will run until Saturday 20th.? This production is set in the 1940s with handsome RAF officers, land girls, and home guards adding […]
The Sorcerers are Ready
The Sorcerer cast list is…. Sir Marmaduke – Alan Bennett Alexis – Robert Kendrick Dr Daly – Graham Mitchell Wellington Wells – Richard Fraser Hercules – Stephan Kirk Lady Sangazure – Paula Fraser Aline – Cat Lee Mrs Partlet – Kim Bennett Constance – Claire Moore … and everyone is working hard to bring you […]
The Goose has fairy quiz answers
Last time we posed some questions about Iolanthe’s relatives. How was your fairy lore? Titania and Oberon are characters from which William Shakespeare play? A Midsummer Night’s Dream Who published the original Rapunzel fairy tale? The Brothers Grimm According to Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie, where did fairies come from? A child’s laugh Which girls’ […]