Jorvik Gilbert and Sullivan Company

About us

Welcome to the website of the Jorvik Gilbert and Sullivan Company, an inclusive theatre company solely dedicated to performing the works of William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan in the York area.

As an amateur company, we welcome members of all ages and abilities, and pride ourselves on being fully inclusive to everyone. We will not hold auditions for chorus members as we believe anyone who wants to turn up and sing should be able to! Whether you've never sung G&S music before or you're a G&S addict we would love you to come and join us.

Please use the links at the top of the page to find out more about us. If you would like more information or would like to join the company, please get in touch.

Join us

Jorvik Gilbert & Sullivan Company are looking for new members to take part in our spring project, Singalong The Mikado, to be performed at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York on 18th March 2012. We will be encouraging the audience to join in with the chorus, but the Company will be supplying principals and giving a lead in the choruses. Rehearsals start on Monday 23rd January at Huntington Methodist Church, and all are welcome to join- there are no auditions for chorus! We will be holding auditions for principals on 28th November- contact info@jorvikgsc.co.uk to arrange an audition or for more information.

Following our recent performance of Princess Ida, we will also be producing a fully staged performance of HMS Pinafore in September 2012, also in the Joseph Rowntree Theatre. We are looking to recruit a (voluntary) director for this production, rehearsals for which will be starting around Easter. For more information or to let us know you are interested please contact info@jorvikgsc.org.uk by 30th November.

Staged productions

Jorvik Gilbert and Sullivan Company were delighted to perform their first fully-staged show, Patience in the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York in September 2009. They followed this with The Mikado in September 2010 and Princess Ida in September 2011.

In March 2011 we were joined by an enthusastic audience to Sing-a-long-a Pirates of Penzance. The Company peformed The Pirates of Penzance, with narration, and the audience were invited to join in with the choruses.

Following this success Jorvik Gilbert and Sullivan Company will be returning to the Joseph Rowntree Theatre on Sunday 18th March 2012 to perform Singalong The Mikado.

We are also pleased to announce that our fully staged production for 2012 will be H.M.S. Pinafore to be performed at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre in September 2012.