HMS PINAfore
BY GILBERT & SULLIVAN
A CO-PRODUCTION WITH OPERA HOLLAND PARK
9 - 13 AUGUST 2022

It was never going to be plain sailing

Your father is a captain and the Admiral of the Fleet wants to marry you. So how do you tell them that a mere able seaman has captured your heart? A flagship of Gilbert and Sullivan’s fleet of comic operas, HMS Pinafore is a tangled tale of love that cheekily defies the social and naval hierarchy.
It follows in the wake of The Pirates of Penzance, 2021’s rip-roaring collaboration between Charles Court Opera and Opera Holland Park.

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“First rate cast”

The Stage


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“The show has everything”
Bachtrack


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“Great heart and no little skill”
Broadway World


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“combining professionalism with panache.”
Musicomh


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“a visual delight and impeccable comic timing”
Arbuturian


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“straight, yet funny, account of the duo's first big hit”
Planet Hugill

CREATIVES
​David Eaton
Conductor

John Savournin
Director

Madeleine Boyd
Designer

Jake Wiltshire
Lighting Designer

David Hulston
Choreographer

 CAST
​​Richard Burkhard
Sir Joseph Porter

John Savournin
Captain Corcoran

Peter Kirk
Ralph Rackstraw

Nicholas Crawley
Dick Deadeye

Themba Mvula
Boatswain

Peter Lidbetter
Bob Becket

Llio Evans
Josephine

Sophie Dicks
Hebe

Lucy Schaufer
Mrs Cripps - "Little Buttercup"