We are currently rehearsing for 'Princess Ida'.

This will be performed October 3rd & 4th 2008 at Theatr Hafren, Newtown

Princess Ida, or Castle Adamant, is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It opened at the Savoy Theatre on January 5, 1884, for a run of 246 performances.The opera satirizes feminism, women's education, and Darwinian evolution, which were controversial topics in conservative Victorian England.

The Show:

The piece concerns a princess who founds a women's university and teaches that women are superior to men and should rule in their stead. The prince to whom she had been married in infancy sneaks into the university, together with two friends, with the aim of collecting his bride. They disguise themselves as women students but are discovered, and all soon face a literal war between the sexes.

Princess Ida is a satirical romp through the women's education movement, including knights who strip to music, three cross-dressing noblemen and a bevy of repressed and beautiful maidens, all set across the vivid landscape of two incompetent, warring Kings.

If you would like more information on how to join us for 'Princess Ida', click here.