Before gearing up for its 40th anniversary season, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP) will take its shows across the Pond this August to Harrogate, North Yorkshire to represent the U.S. at the 21st International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival.
NYGASP will take its place among the festival's 60 productions and 2,000 performers and present The Pirates of Penzance and The Yeomen of the Guard August 5-10. The New York Times called NYGASP's Pirates of Penzance "opulent, colorful and inventive…Beautifully crafted…Lovely choreographic touches…Guaranteed to warm the most demanding Savoyard's heart."
The Festival runs Aug. 2-26. Other companies participating include the prestigious Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company, Plymouth Gilbert & Sullivan Fellowship, Trent Opera, South Anglia Savoy Players, Heritage Opera, the Savoynet Performing Group (2013 International Champions) and more. Special events include concerts, lectures, tours of York and the countryside, and of course, this being 2014, "Non-stop Year Round G&S 24-7, A Social Media Panel."
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