Lamplighters Theatre to Take IOLANTHE on Tour, 8/2-25

By: BWW News Desk Jul. 05, 2013

IOLANTHE, Gilbert & Sullivan's well-loved tale of fairies, half-fairies, and love-besottEd English noblemen, was written at the midpoint of Gilbert and Sullivan's collaboration, when both artists were at the peak of their creative powers.

Sullivan's captivating score, unmistakably influenced by both Mendelssohn and Wagner, contains some of his most accomplished and beautiful music. In the story of what happens when the entire British House of Lords comes into conflict with a band of fairies, Gilbert's witty and surprisingly relevant libretto skewers the privileges bestowed on a dim-witted, entitled ruling class and-of course-the eternal war of the sexes.

PERFORMANCES:

Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek
Friday, August 2 8:00 PM
Saturday, August 3 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Sunday, August 4 2:00 PM

Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View
Saturday, August 10 8:00 PM
Sunday, August 11 2:00 PM

Lam Research Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Friday, August 16 8:00 PM
Saturday, August 17 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Sunday, August 18 2:00 PM

Bankhead Theatre, Livermore
Saturday, August 24 8:00 PM
Sunday, August 25 2:00 PM

For more information, visit http://lamplighters.org/season/season.html.

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