We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and other First Nations people of the Goulburn Mulwaree area and pay our respects to their Ancestors and current and future Elders. We honour the enduring culture and traditions of Indigenous Australians and welcome all First Nations people to our venue.
Are love and equality a path to peace - or to the breakdown of law and order? Could they even lead to both?!
IOLANTHE is Gilbert & Sullivan at their awesome, uproarious best!
When the eternally young fairy Iolanthe falls in love with a mortal, not even her friendship with the Fairy Queen can prevent her banishment for breaking fairy law. Her secret, half-fairy son Strephon fights against identity, class, politics and the law itself to be with his love Phyllis - an effort made harder by her legal guardian and wannabe suitor, the Lord Chancellor, who has been in a downhill spiral ever since the disappearance of his beloved Iolanthe.
Against a backdrop of amorous Lords and flirty Fae, and with farcical Fate lurking around the corner, a fairytale for modern times take shape!
IOLANTHE - with just a touch of Ludwig van Beethoven and William Shakespeare - will be performed by the 30-strong cast of Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney with Palm Court Orchestra.
Goulburn Performing Arts Centre, 163 Auburn Street, 2580, View Map
163 Auburn Street , 2580