HMS Pinafore

Armidale has an active music - theatre scene with groups like ADaMS (Armidale Drama & Musical Society) putting on musicals. We saw one last night - HMS Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan. The plot, if it can be called that, is absurd, but the work is great fun and the cast of local amateurs carried it off with great aplomb.

There were four of us in the audience - Dot and me and two of Dot's friends. Of course, we personally knew just about all the cast. For example, one of my doctors was the conductor of the orchestra and one of the women in the cast was the doctor wife of an academic colleague. Many of the cast and orchestra were young, including a teenager who played one of the sailors. Such recognition did not detract from the event.

They modified the script at the end when three women in Japanese attire wandered on to the stage! They were advertising the next extravaganza ... the Mikado. The crowd roared approval in response.

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