HOT MIKADO
19 - 23 October 2010

Hot Mikado is a musical comedy, based on Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, adapted by David H. Bell (book and lyrics) and Rob Bowman (orchestrations and arrangements).

The plot of Hot Mikado does not stray far from the Gilbert and Sullivan original and the score uses much of Sullivan's original music but is reorchestrated using 1940s popular musical harmonies and arrangements and a wide range of styles, including jazz, hot gospel, blues, rock, Cab Calloway swing, and torch songs – something for everyone!!

Photos to come!

Cast and Crew

Director Sheila Arden
Musical Director Georg Tormann
Choreographer Caroline Ayling
Assistant ChoreographerJackie Langridge

The Mikado - The Big "Cat" of Japan - Cory Wordlaw
Nanki-Poo - The Son of the Mikado - Durone Stokes
Yum-Yum - The Ward of Titipu's Lord High Executioner - Laura Regan
Pitti-Sing - Yum-Yum's Sister - Deborah Heard
Peep-Bo - Yum-Yum's Sister - Steph Kane
Pish-Tush - The "Coolest" Gentleman of Japan - Neil Whitaker
Ko-Ko - Lord High Executioner - Andy Moore
Pooh-Bah - Lord High "Everything Else" - Chris Shaw
Katisha - Spurned Elderly Suitor of Nanki-Poo - Laurie Brown

The Gentlemen
Neal Hall
Josh Hawkins
Barry Knight
Matt Thomas
Chris Arden

The Ladies
Jackie Langridge
Nicola Russell
Georgina Lowe
Melissa Saunders
Caroline Ayling
Jessica Talmage
Pat Rutherford
Ceyrone Stokes