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For the best seats call the KASJOG box office on 01483 473657 to reserve your choice Scroll down for more!
| Venue: | Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking | |
| 10-13 March 2010 | ||
| Performances: | Wednesday 7.30pm | |
| Thursday 7.30pm | ||
| Friday 7.30pm | ||
| Saturday 2.30pm | ||
| Saturday 7.30pm | ||
| Stage director: | Val Hitchcock | |
| - assisted by: | Judith Merrick | |
| Musical director: | Andrew Thomas |
The fourth Gilbert & Sullivan operetta was their first big hit: "HMS Pinafore" ran for 571 performances.
Its theme is Victorian society’s disapproval of love between members of different social classes. Gilbert satirises the theme with the gentlemanly Captain of the Pinafore, who claims that he would never swear at his crew and does not know that his daughter has fallen in love with a common sailor serving on her father's ship.
Meanwhile, the Captain has arranged for her to marry the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Joseph Porter. Sir Joseph himself has risen from humble beginnings to gain his office by political acumen, despite having never gone to sea! And the Captain himself fancies a poor bumboat woman...
Seat prices 10-13 March 2010 or see the downloadable order form