The National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company
31 August - 2 September 2015
At the Hall for Cornwall, Truro. Performances include: The Gondoliers, HMS Pinafore & The Mikado. 7.30pm daily.
H.M.S. Pinafore Mon 31 Aug @ 7.30pm
Ralph Rackstraw, a poor seaman, loves Josephine, the Captain's daughter. She is too high in the social scale for him to even consider asking her to marry him. He has a rival - Sir Joseph Porter, KCB, the Ruler of the Queen's Navee.
The Gondoliers Tue 1 Sep @ 7.30
After gondoliers, Marco and Giuseppe, marry their sweethearts, they learn that one of them is the King of Barataria. Nobody knows which. They discover, to their horror, that the King was married, in babyhood, to somebody else!
The Mikado Wed 2 Sep @ 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado, has fled to escape an arranged marriage. Disguised as a musician, he fell in love with Yum-Yum, who was betrothed to her guardian Ko-Ko. A year later, on learning that Ko-Ko was condemned to death for flirting, Nanki-Poo hurries back to claim her.
Tickets £16 - £35