{"id":3080,"date":"2014-04-06T03:19:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T03:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=3080"},"modified":"2014-10-10T23:44:55","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T23:44:55","slug":"utopia-comes-to-milborn-port-after-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=3080","title":{"rendered":"Utopia comes to Milborn Port after Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"utopia-poster\"<\/a>The award-winning Milborne Port Opera\u2019s next offering \u201dUtopia Limited\u201d (April 23-26) will delight \u00a0anyone who \u00a0believes our present situation has been caused by the antics of bankers, politicians, financiers and the absurdities of health and safety bureaucrats.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s comic opera is a satire about\u00a0 finance, royalty, bankruptcy, \u00a0celebrity media and the mafia. It revolves around the small South Pacific island of Utopia\u2019s attempts to turn itself into a limited company \u2013 with the help of British management consultants. En route, it also takes a swipe at the British Empire, overseas aid, The Lord Chamberlain (plays were censored by him right up to the 1968) and courtship rituals.<\/p>\n

The Milborne Port production team have sharpened its satirical edge with some judicious re-writes and updating, which makes it as relevant today as it was to Victorian audiences. In fact it will leave you with the feeling that nothing much has changed.<\/p>\n

It is one of G&S\u2019s less well-known works. \u201c Utopia Limited\u201d is Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s penultimate collaboration, and it the only G & S opera which has yet to be performed by the Milborne Port company.<\/p>\n

Utopia stars its regular singers, including Horsington residents Richard Gaunt, playing the King of Utopia, and Chris Bailward.<\/p>\n

Musical director Caroline d\u2019Cruz conducts the talented orchestra. Stand by for a cracking evening.<\/p>\n

The show runs at the Milborne Port Village Hall from April 23-26, the week after Easter. Tickets from boxoffice@milborneportopera.co.uk<\/a> Telephone 07926 983585.<\/p>\n

Visit Utopia and meet its citizens on www.visitutopia.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

More about Milborne Port Opera on www.milborneportopera.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n<\/strong>Horsington has been a great supporter of the MPO over the years, and this year is no exception. The Half Moon\u00a0is running a minibus\/coach to Utopia on Thursday 24th<\/sup> April<\/strong>. It will run from Wincanton<\/strong> via the Cheritons, Horsington, Templecombe and Henstridge.<\/strong> Cost will be \u00a318 per head including admission ticket, interval drinks and canap\u00e9s. A bargain start to the \u201cseason\u201d.<\/p>\n

Details and bookings from the Half Moon 01963 370140<\/span><\/p>\n

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The award-winning Milborne Port Opera\u2019s next offering \u201dUtopia Limited\u201d (April 23-26) will delight \u00a0anyone who \u00a0believes our present situation has been caused by the antics of bankers, politicians, financiers and the absurdities of health and safety bureaucrats. Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s comic opera is a satire about\u00a0 finance, royalty, bankruptcy, \u00a0celebrity media and the mafia. It … Continue reading “Utopia comes to Milborn Port after Easter”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2781,2770,2757],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-events","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6glYD-NG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3080"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3106,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080\/revisions\/3106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}