Cambridge University G&S Society presents HMS Pinafore

In the run-up to their 50th anniversary year, the Cambridge University Gilbert and Sullivan Society returns to the Cambridge Arts Theatre with a fresh and exciting roaring twenties take on the timeless comic opera HMS Pinafore. Featuring the very best of Cambridge’s student talent and for the first time with a professional director at the helm, this year’s show promises to be bigger and better than ever before!

HMS Pinafore tells the story of Captain Corcoran and his crew aboard their saucy ship the Pinafore. Humble sailor Ralph Rackstraw has fallen for the Captain’s daughter, Josephine – who herself has caught the eye of the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Joseph Porter. Should she marry for love or for reason? And what with the crafty old sailor Dick Deadeye, the mysterious bumboat women Little Buttercup, Sir Joseph’s loyal contingent of sisters, cousins and aunts and a crew of horn-piping sailors, Captain Corcoran has his hands full keeping order on deck!

Featuring classic songs and witty, sparkling dialogue, HMS Pinafore has become one of the most-loved and endearing shows ever written.