Iolanthe; Angela Hewitt/Britten Sinfonia – review

Wilton's Music Hall; Queen Elizabeth Hall, both LondonTorches flash in the darkness as a party of naughty schoolboys discovers the magical interior of Wilton's Music Hall, that secret palace of varieties hidden away down an alley in London's East End. Amid all the backstage paraphernalia they find a Narnia-like wardrobe and a dusty copy of Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe, and in a "let's do the show right here" moment they are neatly into the opening chorus – with an all-male cast."We are dain...

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