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6 August, 2023
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GILBERT and Sullivan Opera Victoria kicks off its season of The Pirates of Penzance in Inglewood next week. The Gilbert and Sullivan operetta will play at the town hall before performances in Gippsland and a three-night season in Melbourne. And GSOV...
GILBERT and Sullivan Opera Victoria kicks off its season of The Pirates of Penzance in Inglewood next week.
The Gilbert and Sullivan operetta will play at the town hall before performances in Gippsland and a three-night season in Melbourne.
And GSOV secretary Sarah Berry says fans will be in for a treat when the light-hearted farce hits the stage.
“The Pirates of Penzance follows a group of English peers of the realm who decide to become pirates and then take on an apprentice, Frederic, by mistake,” she said.
“Frederic does his duty by the pirates until he turns 21, when he informs his former master, the Pirate King, that it will now be his duty to hunt them until they are wiped from the earth! Follow the mayhem as he joins a nervous band of policemen to clash with the gung-ho pirates.
“To add further confusion and complication, Frederic also falls in love with Mabel, daughter of Major-General Stanley, but the small print of his indenture papers puts the wedding plans of the happy couple into utter disarray.”
Director Rod Pidcock said: “I am treating this current production in a more light-hearted manner.”
Performance: Inglewood Town Hall 19 August