Friday 19 October 2018

Grand Duke Launch


Our next production will be Gilbert and Sullivan's The Grand Duke in March 2019. Show Launch Night will be from 7.45pm on Tuesday 23rd October when we will hear about the production from Director Graham Breeze and Musical Director Graham Thompson.We hope that you'll join us for this little seen work which will be updated by our Director Graham Breeze. Graham brought us our recent all singing-all dancing production of The Gondoliers, so definitely not one to be missed. The Grand Duke is rarely performed to this is a great chance to get to know it and tick it off your G&S To-do list (don't we all have one?). There is some great music including a roulette song and even a number about sausage rolls!

If you would like to join us onstage or off, please contact paulafras@aol.com. We rehearse at Streatley Village Hall on Tuesday nights with Sunday afternoon principal rehearsals. See our Contact Us page for directions. New members are always welcome - just come along and introduce yourself to anyone wearing a committee badge.

Auditions will be on Sunday 4th November at 3pm with Tuesday 30th October to go through music. You will find all the pieces from The Grand Duke at The G&S Archive: Grand Duke. If you click the song you want to learn, you will find a midi file link at the top left which will lead you to an electronic accompaniment with your notes to practice along with.

You can familiarise yourself with the characters, plot (especially convoluted!) and audition pieces here:

Grand Duke Audition Material

To whet your appetite, here is a photo from the finale of Act 2 of our last production in 2001. I think our latest one may look very different!



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Sunday 14 October 2018

Thank you!


A big, big thank you to our audiences for joining us for a feast of Sondheim and supporting our production of A Little Night Music. The feedback has been a amazing and has made all our hard work worthwhile. A big thank you too to our Director Richard Syms, Musical Director Derek Blyth and all the many people who worked their socks off behind the scenes pulling off this technically challenging show. You know who you are...

Our next production will be Gilbert and Sullivan's The Grand Duke in March 2019. We hope that you'll join us for this little seen work which will be updated by our Director Graham Breeze. Graham brought us our recent all singing-all dancing production of The Gondoliers, so definitely not one to be missed. The Grand Duke has a roulette song and even a number about sausage rolls!

If you would like to join us onstage or off, please contact paulafras@aol.com. We rehearse at Streatley Village Hall on Tuesday nights with Sunday afternoon principal rehearsals. See our Contact Us page for directions. Show Launch Night will be from 7.45pm on Tuesday 23rd October when we will hear about the production from Director Graham Breeze and Musical Director Graham Thompson. New members are always welcome - just come along and introduce yourself to anyone wearing a committee badge.



Photos: Ralph Rapley of XMO4 Production Photos

Tuesday 9 October 2018

It's Show Week!


After all our hard work A Little Night Music has finally arrived and we can't wait for you to see this show. Set in Sweden in 1900, A Little Night Music explores the tangled web of affairs centred around an actress, DesirĂ©e Armfeldt, and the men who love her. A Little Night Music is a glorious musical comedy with wit, waltzes and the heartbreaking “Send in the Clowns”. Sondheim is a challenge for any theatre group, amateur or professional, both for those onstage and those behind the scenes! But it's one that PBGS has relished and we hope you will come and support us and enjoy the fruits of six months of planning and rehearsals.

This is a rare chance to enjoy this wonderful show and tickets are still available for each performance (including a Saturday Matinee) at The Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin. Buy your tickets online directly from the Theatre here:


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