Iolanthe

... on tour with the Glee Club the spring break of my freshman year in university.

We were touring, uh, Iolanthe-

Uh

... as you do.

Glee Club and a tattoo.

What, what was the tat- what, f- wait, what were you touring?

We were touring Iolanthe, the Gilbert and Sullivan musical.

Okay.

At Pavilion Dance, Scratch Night starts at HuffPast 6, giving audiences the chance to see professional dance works while they're still being developed.

In Christchurch, the Regent Centre has Christchurch Gilbert and Sullivan Society in Iolanthe at HuffPast 7.

In Caution, Pound Arts has a national theatre screening of The Misanthrope at 7 o'clock, starring Sandra Oh in a modern take on Moliere's comedy about honesty, hypocrisy and social behaviour.

In Froome, True Foxes are at the Treehouse.

And in opera, that happens more often because there'll be a person on stage who may or may not, you know, have a great memory.

In fact, at Iolanthe, I've mentioned... which was early days for me.

It was a great training for me because there's a very famous patter song, when you're lying awake with a dismal headache and reposes taboo by anxiety, the nightmare song.

And this was an actor.

Their work poked fun at politicians, society, and even their own Victorian anxieties.

Comedies like The Pirates of Penzance or Iolanthe were witty social commentary delivered through catchy melodies, showing how Britain could use humor as a mirror for itself.

Even decades later, those pieces are still staged worldwide, and audiences in both Britain and the United States keep laughing at the same jests that delighted nineteenth-century London crowds, proof that a truly British sense of humor can be both timeless and transnational.

So whether it's a discovery hidden behind a pub conversation, a national broadcaster shaping everyday listening, or a pop band turning English slang into global pop culture, each story is a thread in Britain's intricate tapestry of influence and identity.

Their best thing.

Actually, the first time I saw Iolanthe was on the stage, a live production, I think in Cape Cod.

Yeah,

I saw that too.