THERE has never been as much choice for professional Gilbert and Sullivan as the UK public will have over the coming 12 months, and Malvern will be part of this remarkable scenario

English National Opera will reprise both Mike Leigh's "Pirates of Penzance" and Jonathan Miller's "The Mikado;" the Old Vic are staging a new production of HMS Pinafore; Scottish Opera are currently touring the Mikado; English Touring Opera are planning to tour "Patience,” and Sasha Regan continues her tour of the all-male HMS Pinafore.

And on a tour that includes four of the Gilbert and Sullivan Canon is the National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company, which prides itself on being "exclusively G&S".

This company is on the road with new productions of The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, The Yeomen of the Guard and The Sorcerer, and Malvern Theatres will be a stop from September 6 to September 10.

"You just can't get away from the fact that Gilbert and Sullivan is as popular today as it ever was" says Ian Smith, the Company’s Artistic Director and founder of the annual International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, now in its 23rd year.

He added: "We and the other professional opera companies performing G&S are not simply playing to a dying audience."

Tickets and further details from Malvern Theatres, on 01684 892277.