Sasha Regan's sixteen strong H.M.S. PINAFORE crew head to Wilton's Music Hall

Full casting has been announced for Sasha Regan’s all-male Gilbert & Sullivan H.M.S. Pinafore, which plays at Wilton’s Music Hall from 16 March-9 April before visiting Theatre Royal Winchester from 21-27 April.

The Company welcomes the return of some familiar faces as well as new shipmates…

Juan Jackson takes the helm as Captain Corcoran (Five Guys Named Moe, Gatehouse Theatre). He is joined by Sam Kipling as Josephine (Lady Chatterley’s Lover - The Musical, Shaftesbury Theatre); Richard Russell Edwards as Cousin Hebe (Pinocchio - The Greatest Wonder of the Age, Lyric Belfast); David McKechnie as Sir Joseph Porter (Stepping Out, Stephen Joseph Theatre); Matthew Facchino as Ensemble/cover Ralph (The Regulars, Hope Mill Theatre) and Tom Duern as Ensemble/cover Buttercup (producer of Roles We’ll Never Play) who all return to the All-Male Company. Collectively, they have all appeared in many of the All-Male G&S Operetta series over the years including in the award-nominated The Pirates of Penzance in the West End. 

New shipmates include Danny Becker (The Prince Of Egypt, Dominion Theatre) as lovestruck hero Ralph Rackstraw; Scott Armstrong (Motown the Musical) as Little Buttercup; Jazz Evans (Madagascar) as Dick Deadeye; Matthew McDonald (Titanic the Musical, UK tour) as Boatswain/Cover Captain; Zac Adlam (She Loves Me, Sheffield Crucible) as Dance Captain/Swing/Ensemble/Cover Boatswain; Trevor Lin (Roles We’ll Never Play) as Swing/Female Ensemble; Oliver Ramsdale (White Christmas, UK tour) as Assistant Choreographer/Ensemble/Cover Dick Deadeye; Joshua Clayton (The Wedding Singer, Bird College) as Ensemble/Cover Hebe; Patrick Cook (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Union Theatre) as Ensemble/Cover Sir Joseph Porter; and Gareth Evans (In My Skin, BBC) as Ensemble/Cover Josephine. The cast will also be joined on stage by Ashley Jacobs (Musical Director).

Lizzi Gee (Choreographer) joins the crew after having recently choreographed another version of the H.M.S. Pinafore for the English National Opera Company. Lizzi has collaborated with Sasha Regan on all her all-male series over the past decade, most recently with the West End award-nominated The Pirates of Penzance.

Further information on the creative team will be announced shortly.