We’ve been to check out a couple of Sasha Regan’s all-male productions of Gilbert and Sullivan before – we caught The Pirates of Penzance back in 2020 and HMS Pinafore last year.
It’s always a delight to return to Wilton’s Music Hall in London – this cosy venue has a wonderful acoustic and makes for an enjoyably intimate experience.
It’s a fairly simple production – the music is largely provided by a piano (musical director Anto Buckley is on the keys) although some of the actors add additional instrumentation from the stage, to comic effect.
While it is a fairly authentic retelling of the show in terms of the text and music, a few elements have, thankfully, been updated.