JORVIK Gilbert and Sullivan Company’s production of one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most famous and popular hits, The Pirates Of Penzance, opens at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, on Thursday.
Full of swashbuckling adventure with tender-hearted pirates and bumbling policemen, The Pirates Of Penzance tells the tale of Frederic who, as a child, was apprenticed to a band of pirates by his hard-of-hearing nurse after she misheard her instructions.
"The story starts with Frederic celebrating the completion of his 21st year, which means he is now free to return to society and respectability, or so he thinks," says company member Alex Schofield. "Throw into the mix a Major General who knows nothing of military strategy, his large family, and the timid police force, and you have all the ingredients for a fun-filled adventure."
To help audience members discover, or re-discover, their inner pirate, specially created newspapers will be given out with instructions, so that all audience members can make their own pirate hat.
Performances run from Thursday to Saturday at 7.30pm plus a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. Tickets are on sale at £12, concessions £10, under-16s free, on 01904 501935, at josephrowntreetheatre.co.uk or on the door.
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