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.
Rehearsal Gallery
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
- Dancers
- Wendy Middleton, Rosie Smith, Jon Bingham, Chris Munt-Um
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