Events Diary
2024
Our next productionDid You Know
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Our 55th production and the sixth time we had produced "HMS Pinafore".
As on all but one of the previous productions, this was a double bill with Trial By Jury.
- H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor first opened at the Opera Comique in London, on 25 May 1878 and ran for 571 performances, which was the second-longest run of any musical theatre piece up to that time. H.M.S. Pinafore was Gilbert and Sullivan's fourth operatic collaboration and their first international sensation.
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From The Story of HMS Pinafore (W.S. Gilbert).
"Little Buttercup"Her real name was Poll Pineapple, but the crew nick-named her "Little Buttercup, "partly because it is a pretty name, but principally because she was not at all like a buttercup."
Producer/Director : Graham Weston
Musical Director : Ian Abbott
(Steve Mellor 12th April)
Cast
| The Rt Hon Sir Joseph Porter, KCB: | Robert Thurman |
| Captain Corcoran : (Commanding HMS Pinafore): | David Hall |
| Ralph Rackstraw : (Able Seaman) | Paul Wilson |
| Dick Deadeye: (Able Seaman) | Malcolm Parkinson |
| Bill Bobstay: (Boatswain's Mate) | John Foster |
| Bob Beckett : (Carpenter's Mate) | Keith Horner |
| Josephine : The Captain's Daughter) | Carol Parkinson |
| Cousin Hebe: (Sir Joseph's First Cousin) | Stephanie Roe |
| Mrs Cripps : (Little Buttercup) | Pamela Thorne |
| Marine: | Adrian Hook |
CHORUS (First Lord's Sisters, his Cousins and his Aunts):
Sopranos: Lyndsey Hanson, Margaret Hanson, Natalie Hanson Samantha Jones,
Kirsty Lees, Rachel Quayle, Sue Ralph, Caroline Roberts
Contraltos: Tracey Barker, Emily Berry, Sally Roberts, Debbie Stringer,
Kathryn Thurman.
CHORUS (Sailors):
Tenors: John Berry, David Hirst, Stephen Roe, Ian Townend,
Bass/Baritone: Ian Castle, Paul Child, Tony Johnson, Andrew Stopford.
