The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance
Choreographer and Assistant Director
National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company
Summer 2022
Director: Sarah Helsby Hughes
Conductor: John Andrews
Choreographer and Assistant Director: Eleanor Strutt
Stage Manager: Sarah Kent
Deputy Stage Manager: Keith Drage
Lighting Design: Matt Cater
Costumes: Lichfield Costumes
Wardrobe Supervisor: Harriet Ravdin
Wardrobe Assistants: Susan Overvoorde, Heather Fitzgerald
Set Design: Paul Lazell
Repetiteur: Chris Flint
Major-General Stanley: Matthew Siveter
The Pirate King: James Cleverton
Samuel (his Lieutenant): Aidan Edward
Frederic (the Pirate Apprentice): David Webb
Sergeant of Police: Bruce Graham
Mabel: Emily Vine
Edith: Catrine Kirkman
Kate: Kate Lowe
Isabel: Alexandra Hazard
Ruth (a Piratical Maid of all Work): Louise Crane
Chorus of Pirates, Police and General Stanley’s Daughters: Hannah Bennett, Nicole Boardman, Erin Fflur, Juliet Montgomery, Eleanor O’Driscoll, Phoebe Smith, Rachel Speirs, Matilda Wale, Thomas Ashdown, Sam Baumal, Stephen David Brown, William Diggle, Stephen Godward, Cameron Mitchell, Joe Partridge, Masimba Ushe and Ciarán Walker
“There was plenty of dancing by a gifted cast and chorus (choreographer Eleanor Strutt), and just a few knowing tweaks of the familiar lines and situations. I loved it, and the Opera House audience hardly ever stopped laughing.”
Theatre Reviews North
Trailer for the production which is available for purchase via Musical Collectibles.
Photos: Charles Smith