Saturday 21 February 2026 at 7.30 pm

We are delighted to welcome Utopians Unlimited back to Carshalton Methodist Church for another fully-costumed Gilbert & Sullivan production.

Ruddigore, sung in English, is a ghostly comic operetta. It’s a satire of Victorian gothic melodrama, popular at the time on the stage and in novels, but Gilbert turns all the genre’s stereotypes upside down. The villain becomes good, the hero becomes the villain, the ‘virtuous’ maiden casually swaps lovers – and it has a happy ending!

Utopians Unlimited, founded in 1980, were originally a small concert party which has since morphed into a larger group of friends (hence ‘unlimited’). They stage Gilbert & Sullivan shows in churches in Croydon and nearby boroughs for church fundraising and enjoyment.

This will be the Utopians’ ninth production at Carshalton. Their last visit in March 2025 with HMS Pinafore was a great hit and all their shows have been very popular. So save the date and look out for ticket sales opening in the New Year for what promises to be a very entertaining evening.