The Mikado

T543533503
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:T543533503, opera or operetta:S2026, venue:V89

Production details

Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular comic opera in a new adaptation for the 90s.

Performance

Venue	Bacon Theatre
Town	Cheltenham
County	Gloucestershire
From	2nd July 1999
To	2nd July 1999
What is currently on at Bacon Theatre (V89)

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Company

Company	Opera della Luna
Director	Jeff Clarke
Design	Gabriella Csanyi-Wills
Performer	Louise Crane
Performer	Rebecca Knight
Performer	Claire Massie
Performer	John Barr
Performer	Paul Darnell
Performer	Graham Hoadly
Performer	Ashley Thorburn

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