The Mikado

Mary Youlden
Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thursday, December 28, 2017 - 5:24pm

Composed by Arthur Sullivan

Written by W. S. Gilbert

Exeter University’s Gilbert and Sullivan Society celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in style, with a performance of the duo’s iconic piece: The Mikado!  One of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular and enduring works, The Mikado follows the antics of Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, and the hilarity that ensues in the Japanese town of Titipu when, disguised as a wandering minstrel, he arrives to declare his love for Yum-Yum. She was the beautiful Ward of Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor now raised to the exulted rank of the Town’s Lord High Executioner, under a set of equally amusing circumstances.

Taking a satirical look at the British class system, The Mikado is a humorous, farcical show, underpinned with beautiful melodies that is not to be missed.

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Venue

Exeter Northcott Theatre

Event Date

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 7:30pm to Saturday, February 3, 2018 - 7:30pm

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