![]() ![]() The festival promises to deliver an action-packed program of performances, conversations and laughs over two weekends with 11 events being performed including beloved classics Pirates of Penzance, Mad Songs of Englishmen and H.M.S Pinafore. ![]() Several shows have already sold-out including Trial by Jury, Mad Songs of Englishmen and Sacred Sullivan ahead of opening night. Presented by State Opera South Australia, this unique celebration of Gilbert and Sullivan – considered by many to be the founding fathers of British comedy opera – has already proven to be immensely popular selling more than 7,700 tickets and bringing hundreds of people to South Australia from interstate and overseas.Įight per cent of tickets have been sold to visitors from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and New Zealand as well as interstate audiences. The Gilbert and Sullivan Festival is exclusive to Adelaide and the only festival of its kind outside of the United Kingdom. With South Australia proudly being a globally renowned festival city as well as Australia’s only UNESCO City of Music, it is incredibly exciting and fitting to add this new Gilbert and Sullivan Festival to our state’s jam-packed calendar of events. Gilbert and Sullivan have been delighting audiences around the world for more than 150 years and now, the Malinauskas Labor Government is delighted to welcome G&S FEST to our shores. ![]()
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