About the Show
HMS Pinafore premiered in 1878 at the Opera Comique in London, and became Gilbert and Sullivan’s first smash hit, enjoying a successful run of 571 performances. Satirising the snobbery and hypocrisy of the English social system of its day. HMS Pinafore is a comic tale of love, class pretensions and mistaken identities. Questioning the integrity of the ruling elite and exposing the duplicitous motives of leaders of power, this comedy still has remarkable resonance today.
Part of The 27th International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival
Cast
Richard Gauntlett
The Rt Hon Sir Joseph Porter KCB - First Lord of the Admiralty
Matthew Siveter
Captain Corcoran - Commanding HMS Pinafore
Jack Roberts
Ralph Rackstraw - Able Seaman
Stephen Godward
Bill Bobstay - Boatswain
Peter Brooks
Bob Becket - Boatswain's Mate - Carpenter
Stephanie Poropat
Josephine - the Captain's Daughter
Erin Fflueer Williams
Hebe - Sir Joseph's First Cousin
Mae Heydorn - A Portsmouth Bumboat Woman)
Mrs Cripps (Little Buttercup
Creatives
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