Following the huge success of HMS Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance, Sasha Regan’s all-male company returns to Exeter next month with The Mikado.
In true topsy –turvy fashion, Gilbert and Sullivan’s inherent humour and timeless tunefulness are married with Regan’s wicked sense of fun. This vibrant production successfully pokes playful fun at British politics and institutions. The crazy storyline takes us to 1950s England where a school camping trip is visiting the far away land of Titipu – a place where flirting is banned on pain of death and where tailors can become Lord High...
One of Gilbert & Sullivan’s best known and most celebrated works, the Mikado is a light-hearted comedy set in the fictional town of Titipu, Japan.
The wandering minstrel son of the Mikado falls for and flirts with a girl who is engaged to her guardian Ko-Ko. Unfortunately the Mikado has decreed that flirting is punishable by death and Ko-Ko, who has been appointed Lord High Executioner, must find someone to execute before the Mikado’s forthcoming visit! Throw a corrupt public official into the mix and confusion and deceit abound.
