Gilbert & Sullivan’s swashbuckling favourite on Eastbourne’s Bandstand

Adrian Samuel as Frederic, Christopher Peck as the Pirate King and Rowan Stanfield as Mabel. Photo credit Phil Visick.

Eastbourne’s Gilbert & Sullivan Society brings The Pirates of Penzance to the Bandstand this summer.

The swashbuckling light opera favourite will be presented as a concert performance on Monday, July 29, and Monday, August 12.

It features a selection of some of the duo’s best songs, including ‘When the Foeman Bears His Steel,’ ‘I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General’ and ‘Poor Wandering One’.

The concert begins at 8pm with doors opening at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £4 (£2 for children) in advance, or £5 (£3 for kids) on the door. Call the Seafront Office on 01323 410611 or visit www.EastbourneGandS.com.

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