The McGill Savoy Society

CHOREOGRAPHER WANTED 🕺💃

We are looking for a choreographer for our upcoming production of The Gondoliers. Passionate about choreography? Want to hone your skills? Interested in dancing a cachucha with us? Fill out the application form today! Link in bio

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The McGill Savoy Society is looking for a Producer with unique ideas and fresh perspective for our upcoming production of The Gondoliers! 🎭

The Producer is crucial to facilitating our production by managing all logistical matters involved in putting on a show. Responsibilities will include securing a venue, rehearsal spaces, and materials, leading Creative Team meetings, and acting as a liaison between the Creative Team and the Executive Team.

Interested in applying? Submit your application via the Google form in the link in bio or submit your CV and a short (~150 word) statement of interest to [email protected] by May 20th! 🗓️

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The McGill Savoy Society is looking for a Stage Director with unique ideas and fresh perspective for our upcoming production of The Gondoliers! 🎭

This year, as part of our mission to re-energise the Savoy Society, we are looking for an experienced Staging Director who is willing to bring a fresh vision and new, daring ideas to our production. Responsibilities include overseeing blocking, staging, rehearsal, and props, as well as working together with other members of the directorial team to ensure smooth coordination.

Interested in applying? Submit your application via the Google form in the link in bio or submit your CV and a short (~150 word) statement of interest to [email protected] by May 20th! 🗓️

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Today we wish a very happy 184th birthday to Arthur Sullivan, born on this day, May 13th, 1842. 🎂

A talented, ambitious composer, Sullivan was instrumental in the development of the English comic opera tradition and English musical theatre more broadly. This is despite his dreams of producing more serious grand opera, a dream he realized with his opera “Ivanhoe”. Unfortunately for him, he is now primarily remembered for the delightful ballads, songs, and snatches of the 14 Savoy operas he composed with W.S. Gilbert.

The McGill Savoy Society will be producing his first surviving operetta, Cox and Box, in Fall 2026. In Winter 2027, we will produce The Gondoliers, the last critically acclaimed operetta of the G&S partnership.

Want to be like Sullivan? Applications for musical director for The Gondoliers are open now until May 25th! Link in bio to apply.

Savoy proudly presents an archival recording of our 1988 production of “The Gondoliers”, now available on our YouTube! 📽️👒

Catch a glimpse at Savoy history as we look forward to our 2026-2027 production of The Gondoliers. Act 1 and Act 2 are available now on our YouTube, ! (Also linked in bio!)

Feeling inspired? Want to leave YOUR mark on Savoy history? Apply to be a part of the Directorial Team for our upcoming production of The Gondoliers! 🎭

🗓️ Applications are due by May 20th!

📲 Go to our linktree for the application form!

Photos and recording courtesy of Joseph Aspler

INTRODUCING: John James Box, The Printer (Tenor)

Box is one of three characters YOU can audition for in Arthur Sullivan and F.C. Burnand’s hilarious one-act operetta “Cox and Box”, being performed at McGill in Fall 2026.

Self tape auditions are open now until May 6th, form linked in bio. All applicants are welcome!

Those interested must submit two videos
-A two minute recording of them singing any opera, art song, or musical theatre repertoire recorded in the last 6 months
AND
-A video of them performing monologue from the show for the character they wish to audition for (scenes linked in the form description)

Don’t delay! Audition today!

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Happy 182nd birthday to impresario and hotelier Richard D’Oyly Carte, born on May 3rd, 1844.

Born in London, D’Oyly Carte built a massive talent management agency (representing the likes of Oscar Wilde, Clara Schumann, and Arthur Sullivan) and became involved with the comic opera business, making it his mission to develop an English comic opera tradition separate from the French operettas that made up much of the London theatre scene.

To this end, he brought together librettist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan, leading to a 25 year long collaboration and 14 operettas still performed to this day.

In addition to founding the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company to produce these works, he also built the Savoy Theatre to host it. Beside the theatre, he would build the Savoy Hotel, a luxurious and innovative hotel managed by César Ritz (of later Ritz Hotel fame) and legendary French chef Auguste Escoffier. The hotel, still in use today, became a symbol of opulence and luxury, with its name being used by the likes of the Savoy Ballroom in New York that gave its name to the Jazz standard “Stompin’ at the Savoy”.

INTRODUCING: John James Cox, The Hatter (Baritone)

Cox is one of three characters YOU can audition for in Arthur Sullivan and F.C. Burnand’s hilarious one-act operetta “Cox and Box”, being performed at McGill in Fall 2026.

Self tape auditions are open now until May 6th, form linked in bio. All applicants are welcome!

Those interested must submit two videos
-A two minute recording of them singing any opera, art song, or musical theatre repertoire recorded in the last 6 months
AND
-A video of them performing monologue from the show for the character they wish to audition for (scenes linked in the form description)

Don’t delay! Audition today!

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INTRODUCING: Sergeant Bouncer, The Landlord (Bass-Baritone)

Bouncer is one of three characters YOU can audition for in Arthur Sullivan and F.C. Burnand’s hilarious one-act operetta “Cox and Box”, being performed at McGill in Fall 2026.

Self tape auditions are open now until May 6th, form linked in bio. All applicants are welcome!

Those interested must submit two videos
-A two minute recording of them singing any opera, art song, or musical theatre repertoire recorded in the last 6 months
AND
-A video of them performing monologue from the show for the character they wish to audition for (scenes linked in the form description)

Don’t delay! Audition today!

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auditionseason

Applications for the directorial team of our 2026-2027 production of “The Gondoliers” are now open.

Interested in getting involved with a theatrical production, bringing to the table fresh ideas, and developing your skills as a creative?

Applications are due May 20th. Applicants must apply via the form in the link in bio, and will be contacted to schedule interviews.

For detailed role descriptions, see the link in the link in bio and in the form itself. Stay tuned for additional updates and spotlights on the different roles being hired.

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