Timeless English satire close to Utopia.

(From Canberra Times)

Review of Utopia Limited. The Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera. A Queanbeyan Players production. Bicentennial Hall, Queanbeyan. Oct 15-30.

Utopia Limited, the penultimate comic opera of the G & S series, has never achieved the enduring status of the ''popular 10'', yet, as this highly entertaining production shows, it provides its own very special delights.

Gilbert's plot, one of his best, is set on the imaginary South Pacific island of Utopia. Its king has sent his daughters to finishing school in England, and they return as ladies. But they bring with them their governess Lady Sophy, together with a troop of life guards and …