Saturday 17 March: 7:30pm - The Ryan Centre
Take advantage of the Dumfries & Galloway Council Ride 4 Free scheme for this event!!!!!
Free transportation - pick up points are in Newton Stewart, Wigtown, Kirkinner, Garlieston, Whithorn and Port William. Buy your ticket for the performance and book your bus ride by emailing westfestnews@gmail.com or phoning 07833 465494
The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Edinburgh
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Saturday 17 March: 7:30pm
Tickets £12.50/£5 schoolchildren
Tickets available from The Ryan Centre 01776 703535
www.dumgal.gov.uk/ryancentre
Nice to think some of its enduring reputation is due in part
Next year marks the centenary of the death of a very remarkable Wigtownshire woman. Born in the house that became the Wigtown House Hotel, Bank Street, Wigtown, Helen Lenoir married Richard D’Oyley in 1888.
Arthur Sullivan of Gilbert & Sullivan was the best man. In 1901 she was left the Savoy Theatre and the Savoy Hotel in London and assumed full control of the family businesses including the famous D’Oyley Carte Opera Company that first presented all of Gilbert & Sullivan's work to the world. Helen went on to stage successful opera seasons in London establishing that the Gilbert and Sullivan operas could continue to be revived.
This year West Fest have organised a free coach through the Dumfries & Galloway Council Ride 4 Free scheme to take folk to and from Newton Stewart and the Machars to a major performance of Gilbert & Sullivan’s best loved light opera, the Mikado, in the Ryan Theatre, Stranraer. The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Edinburgh, with a chorus of 40 and principals in full Japanese costume, bring the production after a highly successful run in the King's Theatre Edinburgh when it attracted among the largest audiences of the year.
Nice to think some of its enduring reputation is due in part
to a woman from Wigtown!
Next year marks the centenary of the death of a very remarkable Wigtownshire woman. Born in the house that became the Wigtown House Hotel, Bank Street, Wigtown, Helen Lenoir married Richard D’Oyley in 1888.
Arthur Sullivan of Gilbert & Sullivan was the best man. In 1901 she was left the Savoy Theatre and the Savoy Hotel in London and assumed full control of the family businesses including the famous D’Oyley Carte Opera Company that first presented all of Gilbert & Sullivan's work to the world. Helen went on to stage successful opera seasons in London establishing that the Gilbert and Sullivan operas could continue to be revived.
This year West Fest have organised a free coach through the Dumfries & Galloway Council Ride 4 Free scheme to take folk to and from Newton Stewart and the Machars to a major performance of Gilbert & Sullivan’s best loved light opera, the Mikado, in the Ryan Theatre, Stranraer. The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Edinburgh, with a chorus of 40 and principals in full Japanese costume, bring the production after a highly successful run in the King's Theatre Edinburgh when it attracted among the largest audiences of the year.
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