Name: The Yeomen of the Guard
Start: 2022-12-01
End: 2022-12-01
Location: London Coliseum

Organization

Conductor

Chris Hopkins

Stage director

Jo Davies

Set designer

Anthony Ward

Lighting designer

Oliver Fenwick

Costume designer

Video designer

Andrzej Goulding

Sound designer

Nick Lidster

Choreographer

Kay Shepherd

Singer

Tenor

Anthony Gregory

Colonel Fairfax

Bass-baritone

Neal Davies

Sgt Meryll

Soprano

Alexandra Oomens

Elsie Maynard

Mezzo-soprano

Heather Lowe

Phœbe Meryll

Baritone

Steven Page

Sir Richard Cholmondley

Contralto

Susan Bickley

Dame Carruthers

John Molloy

Wilfred Shadbolt

Nkululeko Masuku

Leonard Meryll

Isabelle Peters

Kate

English National Opera

Orchestra

ENO Orchestra

English

The Yeomen of the Guard

London

United Kingdom

London Coliseum

Public

Approved

The Yeomen of the Guard Sullivan,A

The Tower of London is the scene for a tangled web of melancholy and mirth in Gilbert & Sullivan’s beloved operetta, The Yeomen of the Guard. The arrival of a travelling troupe of performers sparks forbidden romances, fantastical plots and unrequited love. 

The unjustly imprisoned Colonel Fairfax (Anthony Gregory, previously Nanki-Poo in The Mikado and former Harewood Artist) has a mutual attraction to the young daughter of the righteous Sergeant Meryll, one of the titular Beefeaters (Neal Davies). Phoebe (Heather Lowe) wishes Fairfax be released so they can have the wedding she desires, and enlists the help (and attraction) of Jack Point, a roving performer. A classic Gilbert and Sullivan story ensues, with all the chaos that comes with it – but not necessarily the happy ending we expect from the duo…

Visionary Jo Davies returns to the London Coliseum to direct, with designs by acclaimed theatre designer Anthony Ward. G&S veteran Chris Hopkins conducts the ENO Orchestra, with a score that – despite being darker in tone – remains characteristically playful of Arthur Sullivan.

Book your tickets to the Tower, to see one of the most beloved Gilbert & Sullivan’s operas,  The Yeomen of the Guard.

The Yeomen of the Guard by Sullivan, Thu 01 Dec 2022, From (2022/2022), Directed by Jo Davies,, Conductor Chris Hopkins, London Coliseum, London, United Kingdom

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