The popular Savoy Operas, by Gilbert and Sullivan, written between 1875 and 1896, mark the move from operetta to the musical, and despite the extraordinary development of the latter genre, the works haven’t lost their relevance to the present day. The more well-known works form part of the Anglo-Saxon heritage, and they are constantly performed all over the world, appealing to mass audiences as all great classics. The long-standing popularity of Gilbert and Sullivan is due to a present-dayness which hasn’t been lost with the passing of time.

The musical The Pirates is, along with The Mikado - produced by Dagoll Dagom in 1986 - one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most repeated successes. From its opening in 1880, it has been considered an all-round model of nonsense theatre, and is closely related to a vein running through Catalan humour; that of pursuing comedy which stands apart from those situations it pokes fun at, a surrealist “avant la lettre” which establishes, through madcap comedy, a reality where all is possible. Anything is possible - from anachronisms, through loopy comedy, the jolly upturning of established values, to the mickey-taking of the very same internal laws of comedy - starting with plot development (although a happy end is always kept) -and a constant search for creativity without limits, where the ridiculous ceases to exist. Heroes are anti-heroes, supporting roles are shoved centre stage, the confrontations and battles kick more dust than anything or anyone else, and love - a misguided caricature - incites more riot on riot.

The rediscovery of the non-transcendental, the desire to have a rip-roaring time whatever the cost, even if means at one’s own expense, doesn’t seem such a damnable thing in this confusing time we live in.

This production won the Spanish General Author’s Society (SGAE) “MAX” award for “Best Musical” of 1998.

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CAST
Frederic (the gallant)		CARLES SABATER
Marta (the girl)		ROSA GALINDO
Ruth (the nursemaid)		ELISENDA RIBAS
Pirate King		CARLOS GRAMAJE
Sea Mariscal		MANEL BARCELÓ
"Cabo"		ÒSCAR MAS
Sam		JORDI FUSALBA
Aulàlia		CARME CUESTA
Caterina		CLARA DEL RUSTE
Isabel		LAURA MEJÍA
Montserrat		FRANCESCA MASCLANS
Pirate & civil		RAFA MÉNDEZ
Pirate & civil		ESTEVE LABARI
Pirate & civil		FERRAN CASTELLS
Pirate & civil		JORDI SOLER "MONDA"
Pirate		DAVID CUSPINERA
Pirate		DENIS DANIEL DE VAILLY
Pirate		CARLES ALEXANDRE
SCENOGRAPHY		LLUC CASTELLS JOSEP CASTELLS
WARDROBE		ISIDRE PRUNÉS
COREOGRAPHY		MARTA FLUVIÀ
SOUND DESIGN		ÒSCAR MAZA
LIGHT DESIGN		IGNASI MORROS
MAGIC COLLABORATION		SIM SALABIM
IMAGE		ESTUDIO MARISCAL
DIRECTION ASSISTANTS		ANNA ULLIBARRI & MIQUEL PERIEL
DIRECTION		JOAN LLUÍS BOZZO
EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION		ANNA ROSA CISQUELLA
PRODUCTION		DAGOLL DAGOM

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