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Pirates opens to full house [PHOTOS]

Photos by Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Union Jack and Jolly roger got equal billing Tuesday night, but both were upstaged by a cast of roughly 30 MCHS students who brought Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic operetta Pirates of Penzance to the stage for the first of four nights of performances… […]

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Pirates take to the MCHS stage next week

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – High school thespians will take to the stage next week for what may be Morinville Community High School’s most ambitious production yet. This year’s student play is Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic Pirates of Penzance, an operetta that has been performed continuously since it emerged on the stages of England in 1879.
MCHS teacher Vanessa King said the play is a big show and a theatrical classic. “It was a hit back then immediately, and it’s just as big now, although for some reason most people haven’t heard of it, she said… […]