Ventura County Gilbert & Sullivan Repertoire Company presents
Iolanthe
The Peer and the Peri
Streaming Performances: Sundays, March 19 & 26 at 2pm
Via YouTube Live
Streaming Ticket: $20
Link will be emailed after purchase
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
Directed by Rebecca Pillsbury
Musical Direction by Zachary Spencer
Twenty-five years after her banishment from Fairyland for marrying a mortal, a crime usually punishable by death, Iolanthe has been pardoned. She had a son by this illicit marriage, Strephon, who is, therefore, half mortal and half fairy. He is in love with Phyllis whom he is determined to marry. However, in order to do so he needs the consent of her guardian, the Lord Chancellor, who shows little enthusiasm for the idea of his ward marrying a mere shepherd. Strephon then enlists his mother and the rest of the fairies to help him win his lover’s hand.