Oh Mad Delight features rehearsals and interviews with cast and crew members of various performing groups from the Buxton International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival. The documentary also brings you closer to the fringe events and conversations held during the day before the nightly performances.

The Festival Sorcerer
Every year the Festival puts on its own productions where seasoned actors come together to rehearse an opera under the guidance of a professional director.

Watch as director Alistair Donkin works with his lead actors on various scenes from Gilbert and Sullivan's Sorcerer while actress Alison Davis tells us about the production.

Learn more at the official Gilbert and Sullivan Festival web site.

The Savoynet Pirates
Through an internet mailing list called Savoynet, fans of Gilbert and Sullivan meet, discuss, audition and put on a production every year at the Festival.

Watch as the entire cast walks through the Act I Finale from The Pirates of Penzance. Leading Soprano Rebecca Consentino Haines, and financial director Stephen Hill explain the history of this unique group of web-savvy performers.

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The Youth Mikado
The Festival Educational Trust leads the way in bringing music and theatre to young people with its workshops and productions dedicated specifically to youth and education.

Join director Pamela Leighton-Bilik and her producers Paul and Marsha Boymel as they share their joy of working with children. Then meet Ceri-Lyn Humphreys and Mark Burns, two leads from The Mikado as they rehearse and discuss their love of theatre.

Experience the entire production from auditions to opening night in the documentary A Source of Innocent Merriment.

The Fringe
Various fringe activities are organized every day of the festival. Interviews and conversations are given with actors, directors and retired members of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

Join Alistair Donkin in conversation as he describes some of the hilarious theatrical mishaps that he has encountered. Meet the happy couple Stephanie and Mitch Gillett who fell in love through Gilbert and Sullivan.

Listen to the stories of Stephen Hill, the man who holds the distinction of having sung Gilbert and Sullivan farthest North and South in the world. Finally, get to know philanthropic international soprano and Festival Adjudicator Gillian Humphreys as she extols the virtues of music and laughter.

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Prisoner of War
Captured and imprisoned by Nazi forces in World War II, the now retired D'Oyly Carte member, Trevor Hills, found release while staging Gilbert and Sullivan Productions in the prison camp Stalag 383.

Join In Conversation With Trevor Hills as he recounts his experience with G&S as a prisoner of war.

Click here to read more about Stalag 383 and Trevor Hills.