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UK tour of The Pirates of Penzance

Originally seen at the Union Theatre in 2009, Sasha Regan’s acclaimed all-male production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance will return for its first UK Tour, opening at Richmond Theatre on Wednesday 15th April 2015.

A classic musical comedy of mistaken identity, The Pirates of Penzance follows young Frederic, a child apprenticed to a band of tender-hearted, orphaned pirates exploring the coastline in search of treasure and romance. It first opened in 1879 and was an immediate triumph for Gilbert and Sullivan, remaining to this day their most popular and successful collaboration. Now, Sasha Regan’s critically acclaimed all-male production, a fresh and exquisitely funny re-imagining of this much-loved classic, returns to set sail across the UK.

From its humble beginnings playing to 50 people under a railway arch at the Union Theatre in Southwark, The Pirates of Penzance went on to win the 2010 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Off West End Production, and play sell-out runs at Wilton’s Music Hall and Hackney Empire, before heading to Australia for a major national tour. The production now makes a welcome voyage home this Spring to tour the UK for the first time.

The cast features Alan Richardson as Mabel, Samuel Nunn as Frederic, Alex Weatherhill as Ruth, James Waud as Sergeant of Police, Michael Burgen as Samuel, Ben Irish as Edith, Dale Page as Kate, Richard Russell Edwards as Connie, Chris Theo-Cook as Isabel. The ensemble company is completed by Joel Elferink, Joseph Houston, William Whelton, Matt Jolly, Tommy Knapp, Liam Lakin and Thomas Henson.

The Pirates of Penzance is directed by Sasha Regan.

See www.PiratesIsBack.com for more details.

Tour listings

Wednesday 15th – Saturday 18th April 2015
RICHMOND THEATRE
National Press Night: Thursday 16 April, 7.30pm
www.atgtickets.com/richmond

Monday 20th – Saturday 25th April 2015
WINCHESTER THEATRE ROYAL
www.theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk

Monday 27th April – Saturday 2nd May 2015
BATH THEATRE ROYAL
www.theatreroyal.org.uk

Monday 4th – Saturday 9th May 2015
GUILDFORD YVONNE ARNAUD
www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk

Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th May 2015
EAST RIDING THEATRE
www.eastridingtheatre.co.uk

Thursday 21st – Saturday 23rd May 2015
BRIDLINGTON THE SPA
www.thespabridlington.com

Tuesday 26th – Saturday 30th May 2015
BRIGHTON THEATRE ROYAL
www.atgtickets.com/brighton

Tuesday 2nd – Saturday 6th June 2015
EXETER NORTHCOTT
www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

Wednesday 24th – Sunday 28th June 2015
HACKNEY EMPIRE
www.hackneyempire.co.uk

Greg Jameson
Greg Jameson
Book editor, with an interest in cult TV.

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