Lpos Musical Productions Presents Patience & 70th Birthday Party

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Join LPOS as we celebrate our 70th Anniversary by bringing our first ever production, Patience, back to the Windmill stage! To honour our Littlehampton roots, this production is set in Mewsbrook Park, Littlehampton, and has been modernised for today's audiences. Before the show, join us for our 70th birthday party to celebrate our journey through past programmes and pictures from productions dating all the way back to our launch as LPOS, stories from long-time members, and enjoy tea and cake with the cast before you see them on stage!

The ladies of the park are besotted with Reginald Bunthorne, a moody and handsome poet, but he has eyes only for the simple milkmaid, Patience. The problem? Bunthornes artistic ways are all just an act to attract women to him... Besides, Patience is in love with her childhood sweetheart, a real poet named Archibald Grosvenor, but feels she cannot marry him because he is just too perfect. In the meantime, the serious (and decidedly non-poetic) platoon of Heavy Dragoon Guards that were meant to marry the park's ladies find themselves dismayed and perplexed by their sudden loss of prospects.

One of Gilbert & Sullivans most successful shows, Patience is a rollicking satire that pits the straight-laced ideals of the Victorian era against the passions and indulgences of the 1870s Aesthetic Movement, ridiculing each side of the spectrum. Our modernisation brings the outdated styles of the Victorian and Aesthetic movement into the present day, with outlandish costumes and even more ridiculous props!

If booking for the Birthday Party and the performance, please use the bundle deal available under the 4:00pm event.

If you have any questions regarding ticketing, please email enquiries@lpos.org. or contact the box office on 07522 534053.