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The Mikado

Gilbert and Sullivan: The Mikado

David Parry, conductor
Original Director: Jonathan Miller
Revival Director: Elaine Tyler-Hall
Jonathan Miller’s stylish song-and-dance staging, which has proved an unfailing ‘source of innocent merriment’ ever since it first graced the London Coliseum stage in 1986.

Wittily transposing the topsy-turvy Victorian values of Gilbert’s mock-oriental Town of Titipu to a Marx Brothers-inspired take on the denizens of a very English 1930s seaside hotel, Miller’s  production returns, two years after celebrating its silver jubilee. The cast of seasoned veterans and fresh-faced newcomers is led by ENO’s resident master of the comic patter song, Richard Suart, who this season celebrates his own 25th anniversary in the role of Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner.

Cast includes:

Ko-Ko: Richard Suart
Nanki-Poo: Robert Murray (Gareth Huw John will sing on the Dec 8 matinee performance)
Yum-Yum: Mary Bevan
Pooh-Bah: Donald Maxwell
Peep-Bo: Fiona Canfield
Katisha: Yvonne Howard
The Mikado of Japan: Richard Angas
Mark Richardson: (performances Jan 25, 30 and 31)
Pish-Tush: David Stout
Pitti Sing: Rachael Lloyd

Set Designer: Stefanos Lazaridis
Costume Designer: Sue Blane
Lighting Designer: Davy Cunningham
Choreographer: Anthony van Laast
Revival Choreographer: Stephen Speed