Utopia Comes to Milborne Port After Easter

The award-winning Milborne Port Opera's next offering, "Utopia Limited", from Wednesday 23rd to Saturday 26th April, will delight anyone who believes our present situation has been caused by the antics of bankers, politicians, financiers and the absurdities of health and safety bureaucrats.

Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera is a satire about finance, royalty, bankruptcy, celebrity media and the mafia. It revolves around the small South Pacific island of Utopia's attempts to turn itself into a limited company – with the help of British management consultants. En route, it also takes a swipe at the British Empire, overseas aid, The Lord Chamberlain (plays were censored by him right up to the 1968) and courtship rituals.

The Milborne Port production team have sharpened its satirical edge with some judicious re-writes and updating, which makes it as relevant today as it was to Victorian audiences. In fact it will leave you with the feeling that nothing much has changed.

It is one of G & S's less well-known works. "Utopia Limited" is Gilbert and Sullivan's penultimate collaboration, and it the only G & S opera which has yet to be performed by the Milborne Port company.

Utopia stars its regular singers, including Andrew Armstrong, Sarah Bignell, Lloyd Davies and Jessie Copper. Alison Stevens and Richard Gaunt step up to bigger roles as the Crown Princess and King of Utopia.

Musical director Caroline d'Cruz conducts the talented orchestra. Stand by for a cracking evening.

The show runs at the Milborne Port Village Hall from Wednesday 23rd to Saturday 26th April, the week after Easter. Tickets from . Telephone 07926 983585.

Visit Utopia and meet its citizens on www.visitutopia.co.uk.

More about Milborne Port Opera on www.milborneportopera.co.uk.

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