All-Male HMS Pinafore is a comic delight at Wilton’s Music Hall – review
We’ve seen Sasha Regan’s All-Male company before, when they performed The Pirates of Penzance at London’s Palace Theatre back in 2020.
Having been impressed by that our expectations were high for their revival of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta HMS Pinafore at Wilton’s Music Hall and thankfully we were not disappointed – this is an absolute delight of a show from the off.
Regan’s version was first staged at the Union Theatre back in 2013 before touring the UK; it’s now returned to London for a limited run.
For those unfamiliar with HMS Pinafore, it tells the story of Josephine (Sam Kipling), who is the daughter of Captain Corcoran (Juan Jackson); she falls in love with lower-class sailor Ralph Rackstraw (Danny Becker) but her father wishes her instead to marry First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Joseph Porter (David McKechnie).
