The Pirates of Penzance - Illyria

Sterts Theatre, Upton Cross, 7.30pm. Frederick, apprenticed to the Pirates since a child, reaches the age of 21 and announces to the Pirate King that it is his duty to leave them, to seek his fortune in a more wholesome way than piracy. With hilarious melodrama, sharp satire and glittering wit, “The Pirates of Penzance” is as fresh as if it had been written today. It is packed-full of memorable songs such as “To be a Pirate King!”; “Modern Major…