H.M.S. Pinafore; The Lass That Loved a Sailor
2025-09-25 19:30 - 22:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Auckland
H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It opened at the Opera Comique in London on 25 May 1878, and ran for 571 performances, which was the second-longest run of any musical theatre piece up to that time. H.M.S. Pinafore was Gilbert and Sullivan’s fourth operatic collaboration and their first international sensation.

The story takes place aboard the Royal Navy ship HMS Pinafore. The captain’s daughter, Josephine, is in love with a lower-class sailor, Ralph Rackstraw, although her father intends her to marry Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty. She abides by her father’s wishes at first, but Sir Joseph’s advocacy of the equality of humankind encourages Ralph and Josephine to overturn conventional social order. They declare their love for each other and eventually plan to elope. The Captain discovers this plan, but, as in many of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, a surprise disclosure changes things dramatically near the end of the story.

Club Night
2025-11-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Gate Theatre, Torbay Community Hall, 35 Watea Road, Torbay, Auckland, Auckland, 0630, New Zealand
This is a light-hearted and lightly-rehearsed evening where we entertain each other with short items of all kinds

Come along and join Torbay Theatre for our next Club Night in the Torbay Community Hall.

Contribute a skit, poem, song or anything entertaining, or offer yourself as an actor in someone else’s skit. Maximum length 10 minutes, the shorter the better. Please let us know in advance so we can organise the programme.

All Welcome, members and non-members. If you don’t wish to perform, no problem! Just come along and enjoy the fun!

Entry $2 each, audience and performers – no exceptions! – Click Here: To make payment online.

Some juice and nibbles will be on your tables, but please feel free to bring your own snacks and drinks. Wine glasses are provided.

For more info or to offer/be part of an item please contact Dylan via clubnight@torbaytheatre.com
