The operas of Gilbert and Sullivan are a challenge for any opera house, and at English National Opera, several notable directors – including Ken Russell and Mike Leigh – have attempted to bring a ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The former Great British Bake Off host and national treasure will make her ...

Cal McCrystal’s production for English National Opera is enormous fun, despite being saddled with extraneous material In 2018, comedy specialist Cal McCrystal gave English National Opera a highly ...

Les Dennis will make his opera debut later this year at the London Coliseum in a new production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore. Dennis will perform in English National Opera’s version of the ...

Pastries and Pinafore may seem naturally well-matched, but adding a TV Bake Off presenter to the cast of HMS Pinafore sounds like a risky recipe. Thanks to inspired direction by Cal McCrystal, however ...

Like most G&S, Pinafore is rather outdated and needs a good director to introduce some twists that appeal to a modern audience and on past performance, Cal McCrystal had all the right credentials.

English National Opera's production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s nautical love triangle-themed opera HMS Pinafore returns to the London Coliseum for its first revival, with a major guest star headlining ...

Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera HMS Pinafore is a hilarious tale of love, honour and duty. Packed with absurd characters, unforeseen plot twists and a delightfully farcical finale, Pinafore is a ...