The Mikado

Sasha Regan’s all-male

The Mikado

A fresh new take on a Gilbert & Sullivan classic

Sasha Regan’s joyous all-male production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado is set to bring a huge dollop of cheer to Cornwall this summer. Expect plenty of tuneful golden earworms from a sensational cast singing all the familiar rollicking Gilbert & Sullivan classics including: A Wand’ring Minstrel, I; Behold the Lord High Executioner!, and Three Little Maids From School Are We.

The all-male The Mikado first toured in 2017 to widespread critical acclaim. It arrives in Truro hot-on-the-heels of Sasha Regan’s smash hit runs of the all-male H.M.S. Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance (Wilton’s Music Hall and the Palace Theatre, West End).

Regan’s inventive all-male staging is inspired by her experiences of same sex school Gilbert & Sullivan productions. The action is cleverly and playfully transported to the 1950s when an all-boys’ school camping trip is visiting the land of Titipu. Adventures and topsy-turvy capers follow!

Gilbert & Sullivan’s inherent humour, satire on the English establishment and timeless tunefulness are married with Regan’s wicked sense of fun. The perfect uplifting tonic. Unmissable, toe-tapping fun.

Tickets are flying faster than tent pegs! Book now for the perfect uplifting summer sizzler, starring local actor and Treasure Island performer, Aidan Nightingale, as Albert Barr.

6+ age recommendation.

 2hrs 30 mins including interval.

“If you are lucky enough a show comes along that is so inventive and brilliant it takes your breath away”
Sussex Express on HMS Pinafore

★★★★
“Regan has injected new life into works that were in danger of becoming cosy”
Sunday Express (Michael Arditti)

★★★★
“Glorious… you can’t help but be captivated.  A delight.”
The Scotsman

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