With politics making all the headlines at the moment, how appropriate it is that the latest offering from east London’s Chapel End Savoy Players is a play that satirises British government.
Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera Iolanthe sees a band of fairies take exception to the attitude of the House of Peers. Its members will not let Strephon, the son of one of the fairies, Iolanthe, marry the beautiful Phyllis, who is under the protection of the Lord Chancellor.
After the powers of the Fairy Queen are mocked by the Peers, she exacts her revenge by making Strephon an MP, and he is able to pass any bill he chooses, resulting in chaos and comic twists.
Chapel End Savoy Players, has been performing Gilbert and Sullivan operas for 36 years (coincidentally since around the time of the UK’s last hung parliament), and this will be a fully-costumed production, accompanied by an orchestra.
May 19 to 22, at the Deaton Theatre, Forest School, Snaresbrook. Details: 020 8527 0215, www.cesp.org.uk
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