{"id":4541,"date":"2016-03-28T16:04:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T16:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=4541"},"modified":"2016-03-28T16:04:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T16:04:34","slug":"milborne-port-operas-the-sorcerer-opens-on-april-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=4541","title":{"rendered":"Milborne Port Opera\u2019s \u201cThe Sorcerer\u201d opens on April 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mark Blackham, who delighted audiences in “HMS Pinafore” and “Iolanthe”, plays the title role<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The award-winning\u00a0Milborne Port Opera performs Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s third comic operetta, \u201cThe Sorcerer\u201d, at the\u00a0 Milborne Port Village Hall from 13th<\/sup>-16th<\/sup> April.<\/strong> At 7.30 pm. It should be a great show, featuring a 14 -piece orchestra and some great performers, including the regular duo from Horsington, epic cyclist and champion quizzer Chris Bailward and Richard Gaunt, sometimes known for organising karaoke evenings in the pub.<\/p>\n

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Chris Bailward, typecast as the Lord of the manor, falls for the comely Mrs Partlett, occupation?- pew opener.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once again MPO will transform the village hall into a theatre. The innovative MPO has given Gilbert & Sullivan\u2019s comic tale a fresh new look for\u00a0this new 2016 production. The show is set in Milborne Port itself, in the year 1958, at the start of the Rock n\u2019 Roll and the \u201cteenage\u201d eras. The company hopes that\u00a0everyone will enjoy watching an\u00a0alternative and very funny\u00a0 take on rural life in Somerset.<\/p>\n

A big society wedding is due to take place at\u00a0 Milborne Port\u2019s premier mansion Ven House. The bridegroom decides to engage the services of a \u201cFamily Sorcerer\u201d to enchant the whole village into falling in love with the first person they see, chaos ensues and some highly unsuitable relationships are formed. \u00a0It’s social engineering as you have never seen it before.<\/p>\n

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Curmudgeonly Notary Richard Gaunt is the object of Gemma Kiddle’s unwilling attentions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The show has wonderful music and great comic and dramatic scenes and twists. Just for good measure, they\u2019ve spiced it up with a couple of extra characters and some new Sullivan numbers from other works.\u00a0 The\u00a0 award-winning company, and its 14-piece orchestra – under the musical direction of Caroline D\u2019Cruz – is sounding fantastic in rehearsal \u2013 don\u2019t miss this amazing show!<\/p>\n

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The Milborne Port Opera Company, about to perform its 26th show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tickets this year are available online (www.mpopera.co.uk<\/a>) as well as from The Tippling Philosopher, Wayne\u2019s and the Post Office in Milborne Port.<\/p>\n

The Half Moon is organising a coach party on \u00a0Thursday 14th April. Some places available. Contact Andrew or Philippa – 01963 370140<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The award-winning\u00a0Milborne Port Opera performs Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s third comic operetta, \u201cThe Sorcerer\u201d, at the\u00a0 Milborne Port Village Hall from 13th-16th April. At 7.30 pm. It should be a great show, featuring a 14 -piece orchestra and some great performers, including the regular duo from Horsington, epic cyclist and champion quizzer Chris Bailward and Richard … Continue reading “Milborne Port Opera\u2019s \u201cThe Sorcerer\u201d opens on April 13”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[2757],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6glYD-1bf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4541","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=4541"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4552,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4541\/revisions\/4552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}