Sasha Regan’s All-male The Pirates of Penzance | Review
December 13, 2020 Last updated:
December 13, 2020 The Pirates of Penzance – Photo by Danny Kaan
As 2020 limps its way to the end, it feels like I can count the number of live shows I have seen on the fingers of one hand. I was therefore really excited that for my final genuine, in-person on the stage in front of me live production of the year, I was returning to the heart of London’s West End, with an evening at the Palace Theatre and Sasha Regan’s
All-Male The Pirates of Penzance.
The action takes place during the reign of Queen Victoria where, in a deserted Cornish cove, a group of pirates are saying goodbye to one of their own. Due to a mistake by his nurse Ruth (Leon Craig), young Frederick (Tom Senior) has spent the last 21 years apprenticed to the infamous Pirates of Penzance. Today is the last day of his apprenticeship and, despite the entreaties of his comrades in arms – The Pirate King (Oliver Savile)