Director: Martine Young

Music Director: Laura Brown

Choreographer: Lorraine Landon

La Vie Parisienne (1866) was Offenbach’s first full-length work to portray contemporary Parisian life, unlike his earlier period pieces and mythological subjects. It became one of his most popular operettas. 

It depicts a vibrant, frivolous, and romanticized view of Parisian life. It revolves around a group of Parisians, including dandies, socialites, and visitors, entangled in a web of flirtations, masquerades, and romantic pursuits. 

The operetta is known for its lively music and humorous depiction of Parisian society and it became one of his most popular operettas.

La Vie Parisienne is a musical comedy, and we will be using the Park and Hanmer adaptation for amateur groups in English, which was published in the 1960s. Some visitors arrive in Paris with elevated and naïve expectations of "the Paris lifestyle", and a group of the locals lead them a merry ride. The music is fast and fun (you will recognise some of the tunes) and there are plenty of entertaining principal roles for both men and women. We're setting it in the 1920s, so the costumes will also be stylish.

Want to be involved? Email us at info@kasjog.co.uk

The Rehearsal Schedule can be found here. 

THE CAST: (27 October 2025)

Brazil - Michael Crow

Gabrielle - Sue Prior

Metella - Giselle Thorne

Raoul - Luke Leeves

Bobinet - Matt Lawson

Baron - Mark Lewis

Baroness - Elizabeth Loveder

Pauline - Anne Crow

Julie - Helena Newman

Louise - Sara Cromwell

Pierre - Ross Elliott

Jaques - Brian Gillies

Marcel - David Saunders