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Bournemouth Gilbert & Sullivan Operatic Society Regent Centre Christchurch April 2002 They almost had a disaster on their hands with the sudden hospitalisation of the soprano due to sing Orlofsky, but director Stephen Hill stepped into the breach at the last moment – and filled it admirably. Various members narrated the story, and although I wished fervently that the society had used chairs rather more suited to the setting than the orangey red plastic ones so prominently displayed, and perhaps found a few potted palms to dress the stage, everything bubbled along enjoyably. Several of the numbers were given an unusual treatment, with the Mikado quartet Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day sung by full chorus and the Major General’s Sighing Softly To the River (Pirates) sung by contralto and female chorus. I also particularly enjoyed Roz Golbey’s I’m A Simple Little Child from the rarely heard The Zoo and Anne Jefferies and Don Mackenzie’s delightful Ruddigore duet, I Once Was A Very Abandoned Person. Linda Kirkman Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo
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