Saturday 8 March at 7.30 pm
Doors open at 7.00 pm
We welcome Utopians Unlimited back to Carshalton Methodist Church for another fully-costumed Gilbert and Sullivan production.
H.M.S. Pinafore (or The Lass That Loved a Sailor) is a comic opera in two acts. It was Gilbert and Sullivan's fourth collaboration, and their first to become an international success. It subsequently had a major influence on the development of British and American musical theatre.
It’s a classic G&S story of forbidden love, with plot twists and a farcical ending. When Josephine, the Captain’s daughter, falls for Ralph Rackstraw, a lowly seaman, she is at odds with her planned marriage to Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty. Who will she end up with?
Sir Joseph sings of how he became ‘the ruler of the Queen’s Navee’ in spite of having no experience whatsoever of the sea or ships. This was a lampoon on William Henry Smith, founder of the W.H. Smith’s bookshop chain, who was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty in 1877, the year before Pinafore opened.
Read a synopsis on the Simple English Wikipedia.
Founded in 1980, the Utopians were originally a concert group of six singers. They have since morphed into a larger group (hence the 'unlimited') who stage Gilbert & Sullivan in churches in the Croydon, Reigate and Redhill area for church fund raising and enjoyment.
This will be the Utopians eighth visit to Carshalton. Their shows are very popular, and we recommend advance booking.
How to book your tickets
Tickets cost £10.00 and are available from the church office on 020 8669 3676 (open Monday to Friday from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm), or can be ordered by emailing tickets@carshalton-methodist.org.uk. You can pay by bank transfer (see below), by cash, or by cheque payable to Carshalton Methodist Church. Please book your ticket(s) before making any payment.
These productions have been very popular in the past: please book in advance and don't rely on tickets being available on the door.
Our bank details
Bank name: CAF Bank
Account name: Carshalton Methodist Church
Sort code: 40-52-40
Account no: 00030729
Reference: Mikado
CAF Bank doesn't yet support Confirmation of Payee, so when you set up the payee in your online banking you will see a message saying that it cannot be verified. This is expected, and you can safely go ahead with the payment.
The Utopians 2023 production of Patience