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  • CCO AT HOME
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  • EXPRESS G&S
  • Education/Outreach
  • How to help CCO at this time
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  • POSTPONED PRODUCTIONS
    • The Mikado (Tour)
    • Iolanthe (Tour)
    • IOLANTHE (London)
    • THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (London)
  • Past Productions
    • H.M.S PINAFORE 2020
    • A SUMMER’S EVENING WITH GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
    • THE NATIVITY PANTO
    • RUDDIGORE
    • H.M.S Pinafore 2019 Tour
    • HMS PINAFORE 2019 - AT THE KING'S HEAD THEATRE
    • BUTTONS: A CINDERELLA STORY
    • HMS PINAFORE
    • The Mikado
    • A Beginners Guide to Opera
    • King Tut: A Pyramid Panto
    • The Barber of Seville (Iford)
    • The Magic Flute
    • Pinocchio
    • The Magic Flute
    • MIRROR MIRROR - Panto
    • RUDDIGORE
    • TRIAL BY JURY / THE ZOO
    • RUDDIGORE
    • BILLY THE KID
    • PATIENCE
    • BUTTONS: A BOUTIQUE PANTOMIME
  • Contact us
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  Charles Court Opera

H.M.S PINAFORE

MON 24TH AUGUST 2020
Roman Theatre St Albans as part of the malting's open air theatre festival
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3PM & 6PM

90 minutes, without interval

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Director - John Savournin
Musical Director - David Eaton
Choreographer - Damian Czarnecki
Designer - Rachel Szmukler
We are coming out of lockdown with our ★★★★★ "Irresistible" (The Stage) production of H.M.S. Pinafore, which won Best Opera Production at the Offies, after a sell out run at the King's Head Theatre and UK tour in 2019.
 
The 8-strong cast, led by Joseph Shovelton (D'Oyly Carte) as Sir Joseph Porter, is directed by our artistic director John Savournin in this specially customised outdoor staging, with musical direction by David Eaton.
 
With many well known songs, including ‘I am the Monarch of the sea’, ‘I’m called little Buttercup’ and ‘He is an Englishman’, this production promises 90 minutes of rollicking choruses and tender tunes imbued with the unique wit and infectious energy of a CCO production, to be enjoyed by all ages.
 
The earliest enduring success of Gilbert and Sullivan’s famous collaboration, H.M.S Pinafore is a firm favourite with audiences. Gilbert uses the strictly hierarchical society of life on board the H.M.S. Pinafore to satirise the rigidity of the British Class system, in this topsy-turvy tale of love levelling all ranks.
 
'A winning blend of Benny Hill knockabout, operatic parody and music hall song-and-dance.' - Evening Standard  
CAST
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The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, KCB - Joesph Shovelton                                   
Captain Corcoran - Matthew Palmer                                                                 
Ralph Rackstraw - Philip Lee                                                                                                                     
Dick Deadeye - Matthew Kellett                                                                     
Bobstay - Meriel Cunningham                                                                               
Josephine - Alys Roberts                                                                        
Cousin Hebe  - Catrine Kirkman                                                                     
Mrs Cripps (Little Buttercup)/ Sir Joseph’s Sister - Jennie Jacobs   ​
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