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 ...

HMS Dauntless, a Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer, arrived back in Portsmouth this morning Two warships have returned to the UK from a major deployment on the other side of the world. Crowds began to ...

Two warships have returned to the UK from a major deployment on the other side of the world. Crowds began to gather early on Sunday to welcome Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless home to Portsmouth naval ...

DUNNES Stores fans are set to love a “flattering” new pinafore dress after it landed on rails just in time for Christmas. The Boucle Mini Pinafore Dress is available in stores and online now. The ...

NORTHAMPTON — As I walked and whistled out of the Academy of Music on Nov. 9, Able Seaman Paul Peelle — still made up for the stage and dressed in stripes of white and Royal Navy blue — reminded me of ...

(Mass Appeal) – When you think of musicals that have stood the test of time–you may well think of Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore with all its charming music and gorgeous costumes in seafaring ...

HADLEY — When Michael Greenebaum sat in the pit with his double bass, waiting for conductor Bill Venman to signal the opening drumroll of Arthur Sullivan’s overture on Nov. 7, 1975, he didn’t think he ...

NORTHAMPTON — Talk with just about any member of the Valley Light Opera, who will be celebrating their 50th anniversary with a production of “H.M.S. Pinafore or The Lass That Loved a Sailor” at the ...