Pinafore Set to Sail the High Cs at North Sydney

Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Sydney (formerly Savoy Opera)presents an all-new production of HMS Pinafore in September 2014.

A send-up of the British class system – with ample current satirical references – HMS Pinafore was first officially produced in Australia at Sydney’s Theatre Royal in 1879. Since then it has delighted families and musical comedy lovers of all ages.

The action takes place aboard the Royal Navy ship Pinafore, which is at anchor in Portsmouth harbour. Captain Corcoran and his crew eagerly await the arrival of Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty. Sir Joseph has been promised the hand in marriage of the Captain’s beautiful daughter, Josephine; however, she is in love with Able Seaman Ralph Rackstraw. Meanwhile, Little Buttercup, a Portsmouth fleet vendor of gypsy extraction (and harbouring a BIG secret) fancies the captain! And what mischief can the villainous Dick Deadeye do?

This production marks the re-establishment of Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney (formerly Savoy Opera) in its original North Sydney base, the Smith Auditorium Lyric Theatre at Shore.

Directed by Elizabeth Lowrencev with musical director Rod Mounjed, HMS Pinafore stars Dean Sinclair as Sir Joseph Porter, Brendan Iddles as Captain Corcoran, Michael Handy as Ralph Rackstraw, Gordon Costello as Dick Deadeye, Anthony Mason as the Boatswain, Sarah Arnold as Josephine (“the lass that loved a sailor”), Ella Arundel as Cousin Hebe and Anne-Louise Finlayson as Little Buttercup. With an 18-piece orchestra, an all-singing, all-dancing chorus is set to sing up a storm on the high Cs from Sept 26 to October 4 at Shore’s Smith Lyric Theatre.

HMS PINAFORE

Performances - Smith Auditorium Lyric Theatre: Shore School, William St, North Sydney

Friday 26 September 8pm * Saturday 27 September 8pm * Sunday 28 September 2pm

Friday 3 October 8pm * Saturday 4 October 2pm & 8pm

Tickets Adult $40 / Early Bird (by 15 Aug) $35; Senior/Pensioner/Student $35 / Early Bird $32; Groups (14+) $35 / Early Bird Groups (10+) $32; Child (15 & under) $22;

Early Bird Family (2 adults, 2 children or 1 adult, 3 children) $95

Bookings www.gsosydney.com.au  or call 0420 678 595

Special preview performances (piano accompanied):

13 September 2014 Soldiers' Memorial Hall BUNDANOON; and

21 September 2014 Montgomery Pavilion Theatre NARRABEEN

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