St Peter's Gilbert & Sullivan Society present - The Gondoliers!
18th-21st February 2026
Performances:
Wednesday 18th Feb - 7:30pm
Thursday 19th Feb - 7:30pm
Friday 20th Feb - 7:30pm
Sat 21st Feb - 2:30pm
Hold on to your gondolas! In this frothy operatic romp, two charming, cheese-loving Venetian gondoliers, Marco and Giuseppe, just want to row, sing, and woo pretty girls (successfully, I might add). But wait! A royal bombshell drops: one of them is actually the long-lost King of the distant kingdom of Barataria—but no one knows which one. Oops.
To avoid any royal faux pas (and possible decapitations), they both head off to rule jointly—splitting duties like sharing a crown and alternating royal proclamations. Naturally.
Meanwhile, back in Venice, Casilda, a noblewoman secretly in love with her handsome servant Luiz, discovers she was married as a baby to one of the gondoliers. Drama! But which one? (Insert soap opera gasp.)
Add in a dotty but determined Duke and Duchess, mistaken identities, a hilariously clueless Inquisitor, and enough satire to roast the British class system—and you've got a whirlwind of love, laughs, and lace-up doublets.
In the end, true loves are reunited, the real king is revealed (spoiler: it’s not either gondolier), and everyone lives happily ever after... with a catchy finale, of course.
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