Alistair Donkin hopes he’s found a suitable answer. Artistic director of the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston since 1982, the former English barrister understands the risks associated with this ...

The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston (HG&S) presents 'A Topsy Turvy Mikado,' a new take on an old favorite based in Victorian England. Opera fans new and old will gain a fresh perspective of the ...

When Topsy-Turvy was released in 1999, director Mike Leigh seemed like the last candidate to produce a biopic on Gilbert and Sullivan, given his career-long focus on intimately evoking the struggles ...

Pinch me, someone. I’m dreaming. I’m dreaming that the Mikado of Topsy-Turvy-Land and his Lords High Poo Bah went to the theatre. And that they saw a play about local politics. They saw their own ...

Q. In the new movie “Topsy-Turvy,” about the genesis of the operetta “The Mikado,” composer Arthur Sullivan repeatedly expresses weariness with author William S. Gilbert’s reliance on what Sullivan ...

In 1884, Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer, dissolves his wildly successful partnership with W.S. Gilbert, librettist, so he can concentrate on his serious music. Within a year, they’re back together to ...