G&S Society’s new team at the helm

This year’s show is Ruddigore, which has the alternative title The Witch’s Curse.

The society welcomes a new production team for 2013. Musical director Graham Thorne has been associated with the society for many years, mainly as a performer. He has sung with and directed male voice choirs, operatic societies and brass/military bands and is choirmaster at Central Methodist Church in Batley and musical director for St Mary’s Roman Catholic Theatre Group.

Producer Becky Gregson-Flynn has performed for the last 20 years. Having gained a first class honours degree in music and classics from Keele University, she returned home to Huddersfield and was roped into Gilbert and Sullivan, playing the part of Pitti-Sing in The Mikado, and has not looked back since.

The plot of Ruddigore revolves around the Murgatroyds, the bad baronets of Ruddigore, the first of whom had a passion for persecuting witches, one of whom put a curse on the family.

The production will be staged in Batley Town Hall from April 17-20 at 7.30pm, with a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. Tickets are £12 (concessions £10), £5 for u16s for the matinee. Call 01924 324501 or 01484 223200/222444 or online at www.kirklees.gov.uk/townhalls.