Essgee Omegamix

Essgee's version of HMS Pinafore grand finale recapping all three shows from their G&S Trilogy

[@rocket101011]

I absolutely luv the enthusiasm of this cast ! Does not matter if its how it was intended the music is an absolute delight to play especially if you feel a bit down.

[@mikebrennan5923]

Ron Rogers it was intended to be funny

[@RemyJackson]

Gilbert & Sullivan often changed the script and lyrics to reflect the current events during their own lifetimes. And that tradition has stuck with it for over a century. The Essgee production followed that tradition perfectly

[@charlesajones77]

I would pay real money to have seen this live.

[@pinkroseperson256]

I think that's how going to see a play works

[@lukenel29]

Have people gotten into the habit of paying with fake money.

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

​@@pinkroseperson256😂😂😂

[@scottkovacich4785]

Personally saw these three shows live when I was a kid, now I have a baby and we watch, sing and dance along to the dvds together, how I would love for another round in the next ( I saw the second round of pirates and mikado too) now that covid may pass why not bring back Australian theatre with an Eseggee bang!!

[@xdazamx]

me: "WTF is Mikado doing there?" *reads description* me: "OOOooohh"

[@jeffthekiller2511]

That looks like the performance of a lifetime

[@AStageForTheKingdom]

I feel like Gilbert and Sullivan would have LOVED this. The stuff they wrote was incredibly satirical and snarky, to the point of being downright offensive. These folks capture that tone PERFECTLY! In the same way that G&S pilloried the stuffy old members of Parliament and whatnot, these folks pillory the stuffy old ways of "traditional" G&S companies like D'Oyly Carte.

[@charlesajones77]

I wish there were a way to show them just how popular they have become. Their operettas are among the best loved, and most frequently performed, ever. Even over a century later.

[@PebelWasTaken]

Gilbert would of definitely. I doubt sullivan would be so happy.

[@Perfectkid197]

@@PebelWasTaken why you say that?

[@stephenboath924]

I love watching this clip. when ever I feel down, I just sit back and watch it. you cant help feeling happy after watching this marvelous musical clip

[@nepocrates]

I would have love to see this live.

[@DragnEYE]

I feel like I just had a stroke

[@stephenboath924]

I never get tired of watching this wonderful performance

[@stephenboath924]

Still watching this fantastic performance Jan 29th 2021

[@cmayfordian4451]

Amazing... G and S lovers, one and all!

[@stephenboath924]

Brilliant. I'm looking for this on DVD now

[@pinkroseperson256]

I have almost no clue what the heck I just watched, but it was very entertaining!

[@ikarikid]

It’s the finale to the third in a series of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas produced by Essgee Entertainment. A large portion of the main cast here was shared with either one or both of the prior productions (although it’s bizarre to see Helen Donaldson as Yum-Yum-she originated the part, but local audiences would have seen Terri Crouch, who doesn’t appear here).

[@martinpatrick1746]

She was Mabel in the Aussie production of Pirates.

[@apeman1985]

My mum took me when I was little to see pirates and the mikado it was really fun, but never did get a chance to see pinafore. I still cant find pinafore on dvd though, got the others.

[@Banjo_Tails]

www.essgee.com/html/NEWSHOPPINGMALLPAGE1.html

[@2HB2HB]

RIP, Jon xxx

[@neilsanghvi5229]

If they had this on during UK panto season I'm sure it would be very popular

[@christinepearson5121]

Just wonderful. Thank you all x

[@skzip888]

GIlbert and Sulliven featured a lot more biceps than I remember.

[@martinpatrick1746]

Harold Abrams was in the university glee club and starred in a production of Pinafore.

[@robertobordino7141]

Fantastic.. what a hoot

[@emilyorr231]

i love that is my grandad xxx

[@jacquecosta3883]

Emily Louise Orr who is?

[@2HB2HB]

Love it

[@yogabbag]

amazing

[@martinpatrick9915]

One of the gals Helen Donaldson was Mabel in the Pirates,now in the cast of the Mikado joins her castmates from Pirates in the finale.

[@martinpatrick1746]

Nice to see a former cast member such as Helen join her former cast members from Pirates in the finale.

[@ikarikid]

@@martinpatrick1746 She was Josephine in this? The other guy was Derek Metzger, who played Nanki-Poo in the NZ tour (and was Major General Stanley in Pirates)

[@JayPabalat]

The Mikado's Pirates of Pinafore

[@martinpatrick9915]

This megamix has a techno beat.

[@Voldemorty2001]

Wow, am I a bad person because I would want to go back in to the 19th century and make Gilbert and Sullivan see this? They would have a hard time understanding what is going on, or they could be sublimely happy that the music still lives on. (Sullivan would probably be happy, Gilbert was sorta a d-bag about taking liberties)

[@Ignauhak]

Actually, having read a lot about their biographies and how they worked together, I think it would be the other way round. Sullivan would probably think his music was being butchered, because he never thought his writing skill was taken seriously enough when working with Gilbert, and Gilbert could go either of the two ways of laughing raucously at how time had changed his work, or be outraged at the whole technological advancement with virtually no acoustic instruments in the orchestration. Kind of a roll of the dice really. :o)

[@lastswordfighter]

Yes your idea is bad and you feel bad.

[@Mousy677]

@@Ignauhak tbh I doubt Sullivan would be overjoyed that he's remembered for g&s anyway. unfortunately his "magnum opus" (ivanhoe), despite having one or two bangers, is... just a bit crap

[@Ignauhak]

@@Mousy677 True, very true, unfortunately being in the comic opera business for too long meant that people didn't want to see serious works from him, and that when he finally was able to do it, it failed commercially thus buried his future chances. But I'm sure I speak to the choir here.

[@nicopavvi8494]

They would be like:"how is it possible that an entire theater can be fitted inside a sort of book?"

[@tgtgc]

What are the names of all the songs in that medley?

[@Mousy677]

we sail the ocean blue (hms pinafore) i'm called little buttercup (hms pinafore) climbing over rocky mountain [rewritten lyrics] (the pirates of penzance) [not gilbert and sullivan interlude] mi-ya-sa-ma (the mikado) a more humane mikado (the mikado) mi-ya-sa-ma [again] (the mikado) behold the lord high executioner (the mikado) as some day it may happen (the mikado) three little maids from school are we (the mikado) here's a howdy do (the mikado) [not gilbert and sullivan interlude] with cat like tread (the pirates of penzance) o better far to live and die (the pirates of penzance) with cat like tread [again] (the pirates of penzance) then a combination of mi-ya-sa-ma (the mikado) and i am the captain of the pinafore (hms pinafore)

[@karrenturner7837]

Rip Jon English and Lachlan youngberg Michael falzon and Kevin hocking

[@martinpatrick9915]

Rest in peace all 4.

[@nicopavvi8494]

I'm pretty sure half of those songs were parodized by the Simpsons or by Family Guy...

[@leahguliasi2960]

How may I get DVDs for this and the Trilogy?

[@jaimesheehan6795]

Leah Guliasi ABC shop? Or you can go to Essgee website and get them all... I’m lucky enough all three of mine are signed by Jon and Simon

[@haddyDrow1]

Please tell me where to find this. I'll pay.

[@haddyDrow1]

www.essgee.com/html/NEWSHOPPINGMALLPAGE1.html okay I found it and it's cheap

[@ZigZeug]

All Gilbert and Sullivan should be this.

[@lastswordfighter]

Nope.

[@onecertainesquire486]

No defiantly not all but it was nice to have a bit of fun with it

[@oscarosorio40]

A

[@FJMLAM]

It's Good, but I think they should have "camped-it-up" a bit more