HMS Pinafore concert in aid of the DEC

on Sunday 30 June 2024

St Giles Church in Ickenham, UB10 8BG

White Knight brings together a group of first-class musicians in a concert version of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera 'HMS Pinafore', to raise funds for the Disasters Emergency Committee.

The concert is free, with a retiring collection in aid of the DEC.

How to get there

On the corner of Swakeleys Road and Ickenham High Road, the church is 5 mins walk from Ickenham tube station (Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines); 15 mins walk from West Ruislip station (Central line and Chiltern mainline); and near the A40, with free parking off Community Close (just across the way).

The postcode is slightly challenging: it's between UB10 8BG and UB10 8LJ

Cast:

Ralph Rackstraw (a sailor on board HMS Pinafore) - Russell Painter

Dick Deadeye - Leon Berger

Boatswain - Jordan Bell

Mrs Cripps (aka Little Buttercup) - Joanna Gamble

Captain Corcoran - Bruce Graham

Josephine (his daughter) - Louisa Alice Rose

Sir Joseph Porter - Peter Allanson

Cousin Hebe - Caroline Graham

Sailors:

Alan Bailey, Matthew Biggs, Ian Crawford, Tom Dalton, Jem Day, Peter Edwards, Will Fyans, Dave Godfrey, Richard Kessel, Dorothy Lawson, Douglas Milsom, Bill Penketh, John Silverstone, Alan Whitworth, Michael Worthy

Sisters, cousins and aunts:

Pam Bailey, Julie Caplan, Elizabeth Chamberlain, Juliet Edgar, Maureen Fitzpatrick-Browne, Jill Gillam, Eileen Houston, Celia Lyons, Harriet Marks, Faith McInnes, Michele Monks, Carolyn Morrissey, Vic Olphin, Jackie O'Rourke Val Penketh, Pat Smith

Pianist: Stephen Lethbridge

Stage management: Roger Knight

Lighting: Dave Beattie

Musical director: Zena Wigram

FoH: Shirley Wootten, Judith Shepherd, Marion Chamberlain, Sara Fitzherbert

Catering: Jem Day, Elizabeth Chamberlain, Gill Wise

Treasurer: Alison Kemish

Security consultant: Peter Biddick

Thanks to Rickmansworth Players, BACCES, Abbots Langley Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Melanie Riseam, and particular thanks to Linda Varley of St Giles Church.

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) brings together 15 leading UK aid charities to raise money to help people in times of war and natural disaster. People in life-and-death situations need help to save, protect and rebuild their lives, and the DEC co-ordinates the response at times of crisis.

Link to this page (to share!): hmspinafore.uk