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Review: The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance by The Edinburgh Gilbert and Sullivan Society is fascinating. It begins with a long musical introduction characteristic of opera. Light and dainty music accompany a silhouetted pirates ship cast on the curtains–an effect that hasn’t changed since the show was first premiered (and this is at ‘The Edinburgh Gilbert and Sullivan Societies’ […]

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The Pirates of Penzance

Image courtesy of Oliver Buchanan. The Pirates of Penzance Pleasance Theatre Run Ended As charming and light as the bluest of all the Seven Seas, the most recent production by Edinburgh University’s Savoy Opera Group paid brilliant homage to one of culture’s most beloved comic operas. In true Gilbert and Sullivan style, The Pirates of […]