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Packed full of physical comedy and double-entendres, Cal McCrystal’s production is brought to vibrant life by a strong cast, with Mel Giedroyc an engagingly anarchic presence When HMS Pinafore ...

When Cal McCrystal’s hilarious production of HMS Pinafore was first staged in 2021, English National Opera took a gamble by casting Les Dennis as the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Joseph Porter.

When I was at prep school in the 1960s, a series of old military buffers came to give a lecture to my motley group of school friends about how we were predestined to run the British Empire; this was ...

English National Opera’s revival of HMS Pinafore promises buoyancy but quickly runs aground. Despite strong musical work and a committed cast, Cal McCrystal’s staging leans so heavily on laboured ...

Director Cal McCrystal’s best intention with this revival of his production of HMS Pinafore is to make people laugh. This he does, but I quibble with his “I don't overdo it”. I’d say he overdoes it ...

After a mammoth voyage travelling as far as Australia and Japan, HMS Prince of Wales and its carrier strike group have safely returned home to the UK. Their arrival home after eight months completes ...

Hundreds of relatives and friends of HMS Richmond's crew welcomed them home on Sunday following an eight-month mission. The Royal Navy said that the Plymouth-based frigate and its 200-strong ship's ...

And now they get to head home! That's all from our coverage of the HMS Prince of Wales. We've left the crews and their loved ones to it, as they now hopefully travel home to start their long-awaited ...

Maddy McAllister works for Queensland Museum as Senior Curator of Maritime Archaeology and is also a Senior Lecturer at James Cook University. She is affiliated with the Advisory Board for Underwater ...