{"id":8673,"date":"2025-01-18T23:58:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T12:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastover55\/?p=8673"},"modified":"2025-01-18T23:58:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T12:58:33","slug":"pirates-of-penzance-premiere-central-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastover55\/pirates-of-penzance-premiere-central-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pirates of Penzance: A Bold New Take Premieres at The Art House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hayes Theatre Co are at it again, along with the commissioning support of The Art House, as they lovingly re-create the Gilbert & Sullivan classic The Pirates of Penzance. <\/em>The bonus is the signature twist that audiences have come to expect from a Hayes adaptation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPirates has such a wonderful, mischievous irreverence in its DNA, and I\u2019ve tried to harness that and build on it in the new script and lyrics for this adaptation. The songs are absolute solid-gold classics, and the characters are so entertaining and memorable – our goal is to serve them the best way we can. Gathering this insanely talented group of performers makes me even more excited to share this new version of Pirates with the world.\u201d \u2013 <\/em>Director Richard Carroll<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This production of The Pirates of Penzance<\/em> will be taken on by just five bold talented performers including much loved actor Jay Laga\u2019aia. Audiences know him from on screen blockbusters such as Star Wars<\/em> and Nim\u2019s Island<\/em>, on-stage credits include Grease, The Lion King<\/em> and WICKED <\/em>and his long run with ABC\u2019s Playschool<\/em>. Jay will take on the role of The Pirate King (and more!) as each cast member will perform multiple roles and together create all the music (that\u2019s right \u2013 no orchestra!) The rest of the talented cast includes Maxwell Simon (Assassins,<\/em> Moulin Rouge<\/em>), Brittanie Shipway (The Lovers, The Dismissal<\/em>), cabaret star Trevor Jones and Billie Palin (RENT, Godspell<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Premiering at The Art House before moving to Sydney, this G&S classic has been brought back to raucous new life for a 21st<\/sup> century audience. This will be The Pirates of Penzance<\/em> as audiences have never seen it before and the Central Coast gets the first look. For an extra immersive theatre experience, patrons have the option to book their seats on the stage to be amongst the action as the show happens around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Art House and Hayes Theatre Co. uphold a strong relationship and will continue to work together to bring audiences exhilarating, high quality productions that will impress and could even convert the most unlikely musical theatre cynic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pirates of Penzance <\/em>is re-vamped, re-worked, re-adapted and still upholds the reputation of the classic. See it over three performances at The Art House this February. Join the pizazz of Opening Night on Friday 7th<\/sup> February to be the first ever audience to see this show and be part of the red-carpet special occasion!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Art House Presents in association with Hayes Theatre Co
The Pirates of Penzance
or The Slave of Duty<\/em><\/strong>
By Gilbert & Sullivan. Adapted by Richard Carroll
as part of Summer@ The Art House
Fri 07 Feb 7:30PM, Sat 08 Feb 2PM & Sat 08 Feb 7:30PM
Adult: $65.00, Concession: $60.00, Encore Member: $55.00, Under 30: $45.00, Groups 10+: $58.00
02 4335 1485, www.thearthousewyong.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hayes Theatre Co are at it again, along with the commissioning support of The Art House, as they lovingly re-create the Gilbert & Sullivan classic The Pirates of Penzance. The…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[111,41],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-8673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news-events"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastover55\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/POP25_CTC_Web_1035x600.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastover55\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastover55\/feed\/podcast\/coffee-with-a-coastie","embedCode":"

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