COLLEGE MUSICAL: PIRATES OF PENZANCE The last musical the College produced was Grease in 1995 – 23 years later, here we are! Trinity College was very proud to present The Pirates of Penzance in Gibney Hall on 10, 11 and 12 May. The Pirates of Penzance was originally an operetta, written by Gilbert and Sullivan. While several outstanding productions have been written by Gilbert and Sullivan, we could not look past Pirates for our show. The story follows a young man, Frederic who leaves his band of pirates to seek a different life. Upon his journey, hilarity, impossible situations, fascinating characters and well-known melodies ensue.
topical humour and dialogue that suited the Trinity community and wider public audiences. The production is evidence of Trinity’s burgeoning Performing Arts Department and allowed our students to extend themselves in Music, Dance and Drama. We were also honoured to be awarded a joint shield with Mercedes College for their production of The Addams Family in the Catholic Performing Arts Festival. The shield received was the Dominican Sisters Award – Secondary Musical Production and was certainly a bonus at the conclusion of our season. Our production had highly energetic and large choruses consisting of pirates, cabin boys, police and daughters. Our female performers were from Mercedes College and Iona Presentation College. These young ladies did an outstanding job and very quickly became part of our community. There were also seven lead characters in the production and it was a privilege to work with such dedicated and talented performers. Declan Allen (11.6) played the role of the ever so charming yet charismatic Frederic whose singing and incredible dancing impressed his love interest Mabel, played by Sophie Hamer; Sophie’s superb voice stunned audiences. Jeremy Hansen (12.4) was our extremely fast-paced Modern Major General and left audience members breathless. Jayda D’Agostino’s energy, enthusiasm and talent, treated audiences to a first-class performance of Ruth. The lanky, Mr Bean-like, baritone Sergeant, whose grand entrance was on a zip line was
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The show was inspired by the Essgee Entertainment’s 1994 version of The Pirates of Penzance starring Jon English and remained true to the well-known style of Gilbert and Sullivan. This production was a perfect fit for the dynamic, creative cast and allowed us to include
Ms Lisa Laurino
Lead characters: Patrick O’Donoghue, Jayda D’Agostino, Declan Allen, Kosta Paraskov, Sophie Hamer, Jeremy Hansen and Roberto Iazzi
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