Performance

VenueNew Vic Theatre
Other spaces: Stephen Joseph Room, Theatre in the Round
TownNewcastle-under-Lyme
CountyStaffordshire
From14th July 2000
To5th August 2000
When19:30, Sat Mat 14:30 (Jul 29)
What is currently on at New Vic Theatre (V119)

The Mikado

T01413164924
A comic operetta with a Japanese theme. Songs such as 'Three Little Maids from School', 'A Wandering Minstrel', 'A Most Humane Mikado' etc. One of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular works. In the town of Titipu, local government has fallen into the hands of two dubious characters: Ko-Ko, in charge of public executions; and Pooh-Bah, who has a finger in every pie. A young man arrives who, unknown to most, is Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado. Fleeing an arranged marriage to the elderly Katisha, he falls for the beautiful Yum-Yum, Ko-Ko's fianc
Music A.Sullivan
Lyrics W.S.Gilbert


Archive :: production:T01413164924, opera or operetta:S2026, venue:V119

Production details

With a brilliant and audacious stroke, Chris Monks' uproarious production take the action from Japan to Titipu Cricket Club, somewhere in England. To the uninitiated cricket is incomprehensible, like 19th century Japanese life - rule ridden and ritualistic, hide-bound by tradition, its hierarchy secretive and inscrutable, its officials having the power of life and death.

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Company

Company New Vic Theatre
Director Chris Monks
Design Lis Evans
Director Richard Atkinson (music)
Director Tim Sutton (music)
Sound James Earls-Davis
Lighting Jo Dawson
Choreographer James McPherson
Performer Nicky Adams (Yum Yum)
Performer Chris Garner (Pish Tush)
Performer Howard Gay (Pooh-Bah)
Performer Lana Green (Mrs Pooh-Bah)
Performer Shobna Gulati (Pitti-Sing)
Performer Ian McLarnon (Nanki-Poo)
Performer Alan McMahon (Ko-Ko)
Performer Christian Newton (First Team Captain)
Performer Carol Noakes (Katisha)
Performer Paula Scott (Groundsman)
Performer Deborah Stokes (Peep-Bo)
Performer Colin Wakefield (The Mikado)
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