HMS Pinafore

Opera or Operetta :: show/work:S1953, production/tour:T01662404028

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10 May 06 to 21 May 06

HMS Pinafore Opera or Operetta :: listing:L01939843025, production:T01662404028, show:S1953, venue: V333

The Rosemary Branch Inner London Greater London

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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.

Performers Sebastian Valentine, John Savournin, Ian Henderson, Georgia Ginsberg, Michael Webborn, David Menezes, David Eaton, James Young. Music A.Sullivan. Lyrics W.S.Gilbert. Director John Savournin. Director David Eaton (music). Design James Perkins. Costume Mia Walden. Lighting Finnuala McNulty.