The Mikado
From: Saturday, 1st December 2012
To: Thursday, 31 January 2013
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Synopsis
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 fiancée. When the Mikado arrives, thirsty for executions, Ko-Ko thinks he has the perfect plan...until Katisha turns up, bent on revenge.
Our Review:
Keith McDonnell - 1 December 2012
There can’t have been anyone in the audience for the umpteenth revival of Jonathan Miller’s staging of The Mikado on Saturday night who expected the curtain to rise on an idyllic Japanese landscape. Indeed after twenty-six years of dutiful service, I couldn’t help feeling that time needs to be called on this staging. You can have too much of a good thing and many thought the 2011 revival, which celebrated the staging’s silver jubilee, was more likely than not to be its last.
But no, it’s back again. This time we’re celebrating, if that’s quite the word, Richard Suart’s 25th anniversary in the part. To say that he commands the stage would be an understatement, given that he comes perilously close to chewing the scenery on more than one occasion. The exaggerated walks, accents, and over the top demeanour, which seemed more palatable on previous occasions, this time descend into caricature, and quickly become irritating. ...
Cast
Richard Suart (Ko-Ko)
Robert Murray (Nanki-Poo)
Mary Bevan (Yum-Yum)
Donald Maxwell (Pooh-Bah)
Yvonne Howard (Katisha)
Richard Angas (The Mikado of Japan - Dec 1 - Jan13 21)
Mark Richardson (The Mikado of Japan - Jan13 25-31)
David Stout (Pish-Tush)
Creative
A.Sullivan (Music)
W.S.Gilbert (Lyrics)
English National Opera (Producer)
David Parry (Conductor)
Jonathan Miller (original director) (Director)
Elaine Tyler-Hall (revival director) (Director)
Stefanos Lazaridis (Design)
Sue Blane (Costume)
Davy Cunningham (Lighting)
Anthony van Laast (Choreographer)
Steven Speed (revival choreographer) (Choreographer)
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