Patience
or Bunthorne’s Bride
Alexander Theatre
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Queenscliff Town Hall
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Moe PlazaSunday, July 26, 2pm |
Featuring Sullivan’s most beautiful music, in the sixth collaboration – and the funniest – Gilbert pits the straight-laced ideals of the Victorian era against the passions and indulgences of the 1870s Aesthetic Movement, and ridicules both!
The rapturous maidens of the village seek beauty and perfect artistic expression and spurn their confused (and decidedly non-poetic) military suitors for Reginald Bunthorne, a moody and handsome poet. However, Bunthorne only has eyes for the simple milkmaid, Patience. The problem? Bunthorne’s artistic ways are all just an act to attract women to him – he doesn’t even really like poetry! Besides, Patience is in love with her childhood sweetheart, Archibald Grosvenor, who really is a poet, but she feels she cannot marry him because he is too perfect. How will this conundrum resolve?
Patience opened on April 23, 1881 at the Opera Comique and ran for 578 performances, moving on October 10, 1881 to D’Oyly Carte’s new theatre, the Savoy, the first theatre in the world to be lit entirely by electric lights.
Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Director + Choreographer – Robert Ray
Musical Director – Trevor Henley
Assistant Director – Kevin Yap
Stage Manager – Anna Castle
Production Manager – Anna Castle
Personnel Coordinator – Hannah Thorne
Principals
- Patience Renee Mohring
- Bunthorne James Douglas
- Grosvenor John Parncutt
- Colonel Ian Woolford
- Lady Jane Lynlee Williams
- Lady Angela Naomi Tooby
- Lady Saphir Stephanna Betts
- Lady Ella Marisa Panzarin
- Duke Terry MacManus
- Major Geoff Dawes
Rapturous Maidens
Catherine Bates, Sarah Berry, Alexandria Campbell, Amy Carlin, Lucy Gries, Elena Griffiths, Crystal Haig, Ayisha Hercelinsky, Fiona McFarlane, Janette Obuch, Hannah Thorne, Jenny Wakefield, Honi Walker, Nicole Webster, Lauren Zagami-Smith
Heavy Dragoons
Tim Angelico, Robert Barnes, Andrew Bell, Terry Boyd, Eddy Burger, Paul Deakin, Peter Hanway, Sam Hargreaves, Ryan Jacobs, Ron Mack, Chris McInnis, Alex Watson
Special Guest Artist
Ron Pidcock OAM
Standard Ticket prices: $66 / 60
Groups:
Groups of 10 or more people can be booked via the theatre at $60 pp.
Groups of 25 or more can be reserved via tickets@gsov.org.au or call 0490 465 009 at $50 pp.
Subscriptions:
The following Patience performances are part of our Melbourne, and Queenscliff 2026 Subscription offers.
- The Round Studio, Nunawading – Purchase Melbourne Subscriptions here, 3 options available until 1 February.
- Queenscliff Town Hall – Purchase Queenscliff Subscriptions here, available until 19 July.
General Ticketing Terms and Conditions – Document Link