A Regan De Wynter Williams Production
'Regan has injected new life into works that were in danger of becoming cosy' ★★★★ Sunday Express
Following the highly successful all-male tours of H.M.S. Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance, Sasha Regan returns with the irresistible The Mikado – one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most famous operettas.
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 Executioners but cannot cut off another’s head, until they have cut off their own!
Regan’s idea to transform these much-loved classics into all-male productions stems from her own experiences performing Gilbert and Sullivan at a single-sex school. Her shows are renowned for playing on the unique humour it creates.
Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes plus interval
Age Recommendation: 6+
'this is as imaginative, clever, witty and unstuffy a production of Gilbert and Sullivan as you are likely to find' ★★★★ Stage Talk Magazine
'this hits the spot' ★★★★ All Edinburgh Theatre
'Sasha Regan’s All-Male Mikado is a jolly jamboree full of boisterous (should that be boysterous?) infectious fun. A toe wiggling tonic!' ★★★★ Edinburgh Guide
'It’s hard to find fault in this production: indeed, I can’t. The casting is excellent and the performances are top notch' ★★★★★ Everything Theatre
Cast
Declan Egan (Bertie Hugh)
Sam Kipling (Miss Violet Plumb)
Lewis Kennedy (The Mikado)
David McKechnie (Mr Cocoa)
George Dawes (Wilfred Lush)
Aidan Nightingale (Albert Barr)
Owen Clayton (Lily Tring)
Richard Russell Edwards (Hebe Flo)
Christopher Hewitt (Kitty Shaw)
Ensemble
Harry Cooper-Millar
Oliver Bradley-Taylor
Patrick Cook
Struan Davidson
Francisco Gomes
Elliot Akeister
Shane Antony-Whitely
Creative Team
Director: Sasha Regan
Musical Director/Pianist: Anto Buckley
Choreographer: Adam Haigh
Designer: Ryan Dawson Laight
Producers: Regan De Wynter Williams