Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride
By Sir W S Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan
June 2026
Patience is a sparkling, charming and very witty comic opera by the masters of satire, Gilbert & Sullivan, poking fun at the aesthetic movement in late 19th century England. Known as “art for art’s sake”, the movement celebrated aesthetic values in literature, fine arts and decorative arts over moral and social concerns. Popular literary figures and painters of the time included Morris, Swinburne, Rossetti, Whistler and of course Oscar Wilde.
Cast
Lana Kains as Patience (a Dairy Maid)
Christopher Hamilton as Reginald Bunthorne (a Fleshly Poet)
Jack Futcher as Archibald Grosvenor (an Idyllic Poet)
Gordon Costello as Colonel Calverley (Officer of Dragoon Guards)
Michael Kaufmann as Lieut. the Duke of Dunstable (")
Daniel Rae as Major Murgatroyd (")
Megan Chalmers as The Lady Jane (a Rapturous Maiden)
Lisa Munckton as The Lady Angela (")
Avalon Gatenby as The Lady Saphir (")
Emelina Phillips as The Lady Ella (")
Director: John Antoniou
Musical Director: Dr. Steven Stanke
Assistant Musical Director: Teoman Ayhan Ozbakir
Photo credit: Mark Padina from ARTPIX
