SeriesPre opening eventsShowThe Pirates of PenzanceDate7th February 1985DescriptionThe Australian production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance operetta based on the original New York Shakespeare Festival's Broadway production, with restaging by Noel Ferrier and Lindy Hume. The first of 40 events of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. There is no number 1 event allocation; the numbering begins at Event 2.ProducerVictorian State OperaAustralian Elizabethan Theatre TrustExecutive Producers Ken Mackenzie Forbes and Noel Ferrier Director John FerraroMusic directorAndrew GreeneConductor Robert Gavin WriterWS Gilbert ComposerArthur Sullivan ChoreographerCraig SchaeferSet designBob Shaw, Andrew LeachCostume designPatricia McGourtyLighting designRoger BarrattSound designPatricia McGourtyPerformersJon English, Simon Gallaher, Marina Prior, John Wood, June Bronhill, Jack Webster, Linda Nagle, Denise Wharmby, Fiona Hallett, Ian Lake.VenueLyric Theatre, QPACDonated byTransferred From QPAC Archives
The Pirates of Penzance, 1985 (7th February 1985). Queensland Performing Arts Centre, accessed 28/08/2026, https://collections.qpac.com.au/nodes/view/2788
