Auditions will be held on Saturday 31st January & Sunday 1st February from 10am, with rehearsals starting June 2026.
The auditioning panel is: Andrew Jenner (Director), David Yates (Musical Director), Debbie Small (Choreographer), Libby Pike (Asst. Director) and Gilly Legg (independent observer).
You may have your lib and vocal score with you during the audition.
After the last auditions have taken place on Sunday 1st, the panel will meet and we hope to let those who auditioned know the outcome asap. Once individuals have been informed we will then communicate to the wider society.
More information about the show, plot summary, characters, songs etc can be found at the G&S Archive gsarchive.net
To submit an audition form please use the button below. Submission Deadline: 15th December 2025.
HMS Pinafore Auditions
Main Roles/Audition Pieces:
Captain Corcoran, Male, Baritone
Commander of the HMS Pinafore
Song: Welcome Joy v.1 - No. 9 - Page 30
Libretto: Page 31/32
Josephine, Female, Soprano
The Captain’s Daughter
Song: It Is Not Love - No. 17 - Page 102
Libretto: Page 12/13
Alexis Pointdextre Audition Pack
Ralph Rackstraw, Male, Tenor
Able Seaman
Song: All Is Prepared - No 10 - Page 36
Libretto: None
Miss Cripps (Little Buttercup), Female, Alto/Mezzo Soprano
A Portsmouth Bumboat woman
Song: Time Was When Love and I - Nos 3 and 3A - Page 16-18
Libretto: Page 4/5
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter KCB, Male, Baritone
First Lord of the Admiralty
Song: My Name Is.. - No. 12 - Page 44 & So Be It - I Submit (To ‘ Or Where’) - No. 21 - Page 137
Libretto: Page 14
John Wellington Wells Audition Pack
Dick Deadeye, Male, Bass-Baritone
Able Seaman
Song: Welcome Joy - Verse 2 - No. 9 - Page 32
Libretto: Lib is Song read as dialogue - Page 33/34
Bill Bobstay, Male, Bass-Baritone
Boatswain’s Mate
Song: Happy Young Heart - No. 6A - Page 24 & Alexis Doubt Me - No. 20 - Page 120
Libretto: Page 12/13
Bob Becket, Male, Bass
Carpenter’s Mate
Song: Constance My Daughter - No. 2 - Page 11
Libretto: Page 3/4/5
Cousin Hebe, Female, Mezzo-Soprano/Alto
Sir Joseph’s first cousin
Song: Dear Friend’s - No. 16 - Page 92 & When He Is Here - No. 2A - Page 13
Libretto: Page 3/4/5