The Hot Mikado

Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking

19 June - 21 June 2008

Hot Mikado is a musical comedy based on Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1885 comic opera ‘The Mikado’. In the 1980s, Bell and Bowman readapted the musical from its original 1939 incarnation. It was then produced in its new form in 1987 before again being revived in London’s West End in 1995. The story is set in 1940s Japan where flirting is punishable by death.

Music by Rob Bowman. Lyrics and book by David H. Bell. Based on Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado.

Cast

The Mikado
Chris Knights
Nanki Poo
John Sherringham
Peep Bo
Laura Caso
Pitti Sing
Nicole Connell
Yum-Yum
Sue Bailey
Pish Tush
Mike Winter
Ko Ko
Mike Hough
Pooh Bah
Andy Arnold
Katisha
Katharine Williams
Gentlemen of Japan
Jon Bingham
Scott Hendry
Chris Munt-Um
Kez Edmonds
Ladies of Japan
Wendy Middleton
Gaye Schofield
Rosie Smith
Rebecca Evans
Helen Bracher
Christina Woodcock
Waiters
Steve Stevens
Tony Grace
Mick Warner
Waitresses
Myra Pullen
Carol Smith
Wendy Penfold

Crew

Director
Alison Lawrence
Stage Manager / Set
Tim Bracher
Producer / Asst Director
Andy Edmeads
Musical Director
David Pennant
Choreographers
Alison Lawrence
Laura Caso
Vocal Coaching
Katharine Williams
Lighting
Gary Oliver
Sound
Mark Hastings
Costumes
Carol Smith