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Andrew Shore

Major-General Stanley

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Ashley Riches

The Pirate King

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David Webb

Frederic

Johnny Herford

Samuel

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John Tomlinson

Sergeant of Police

Mark Richardson

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Soraya Mafi

Mabel

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Katie Coventry

Edith

Angharad Lyddon

Kate

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Lucy Schaufer

Ruth

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Gareth Jones

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Mike Leigh

Sarah Tipple

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Alison Chitty

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The Pirates of Penzance Sullivan,A

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The Pirates of Penzance | 9 February - 25 March 2016 | London Coliseum | Tickets from £12. Find out more: http://www.eno.org/piratesThere are 500 tickets for...

Harewood Artist and tenor David Webb takes us behind the scenes of The Pirates of Penzance as he prepares for the role of Frederic.

With exclusive backstage footage, watch him as he explains how an opera is rehearsed, tries on his costumes, and even gets a weft fitting! 

The Pirates of Penzance | 9 February – 23 March 2017 | London Coliseum |

Tickets from £12, with 500 tickets available at every performance for £20 or less. 

Find out more: www.eno.org/pirates

Pitiful pirates, blundering bobbies, and a fully grown five-year-old. It's all absurdly enjoyable!

A swashbuckling farce of brilliant humour and razor-sharp wit, Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance makes for the perfect night out. Chock-full of memorable melodies, it includes the famous tongue-twisting patter song from the Major-General and the cowardly Police Sergeant’s ‘When a felon’s not engaged in his employment’.


See The Pirates of Penzance at the London Coliseum from 9 February – 23 March 2017.

Learn more and book tickets: www.eno.org/pirates

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Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera is packed full of sentimental pirates, blundering policeman, absurd adventures and improbable paradoxes.

Frederic, a pirate’s apprentice, falls head-over-heels in love with Mabel, the daughter of Major-General Stanley. Frederic is due to be released from his apprenticeship on his 21st birthday, but there’s a snag. Born on 29 February, Frederic discovers that he is technically still a youngster. Although very much in love, his dedication to duty is unshakeable. Can he find a way to live happily-ever-after with Mabel?

The Pirates of Penzance by Sullivan, From (2017/2017), Directed by Mike Leigh, Sarah Tipple,, Conductor Gareth Jones, London Coliseum, London, United Kingdom

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