The Grand Duke 2017

The Grand Duke

The Grand Duke was the final collaboration of Gilbert & Sullivan, and was our main stage show in the spring of 2017.

directed and choreographed by: Derrick Ivey

music direction by: Alan Riley Jones

Our Public Sing-Through of The Grand Duke was Sunday, November 6th, 2017 at 2pm in the Durham Arts Council.

Performances of The Grand Duke were March 30 – April 2, 2017 at the Carolina Theatre, 309 W Morgan St, Durham, NC.

Thursday (Preview Night), March 30, 8:00 PM
Friday, March 31, 8:00 PM
Saturday, April 1, 7:00 PM (note new time!)
Sunday, April 2, 2:00 PM (matinee)

More about our show:

Our director, Derrick Ivey, set up his own blog for the Durham Savoyards shows he has directed. His blog usually has interesting rehearsal-by-rehearsal accounts throughout the production process.
Learn about the people involved in putting together Spring 2017’s big comic operetta, The Grand Duke. Want to be involved in putting on the show? You can participate!
We sing “God Save the Queen” and “Hail Poetry” with every main stage performance. Want to sing along from the audience? Please do!

More about The Grand Duke:

All about The Grand Duke at the Gilbert & Sullivan archive, including its earliest performances, historical costume sketches, other artwork, original cast list, and an archived discussion.
Plot summary, also on the Gilbert & Sullivan archive.