2009 Mikado poster
Cast
| The Mikado of Japan |
Daniel Senior
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| Nanki-Poo (his son), disguised as a wandering minstrel |
Leon Waksburg
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| Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu) |
Graham Weston
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| Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else) |
David Parker
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| Pish-Tush (a Noble Lord) |
Rob Atkinson
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| Katisha (an elderly Lady) |
Valerie Green
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| Yum-Yum (a Ward of Ko-Ko) |
Elizabeth Blount
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| Pitti-Sing (a Ward of Ko-Ko) |
Eleanor Beecham
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| Peep-Bo (a Ward of Ko-Ko) |
Catherine Nuttall
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Chorus of Schoolgirls: Helen Bolton, Nadine Briggs, Margaret Charlesworth, Amy Cooper, Jane Fawcett, Jenny Grove, Gill Cunliffe, Pauline Hepkin, Kath Lowe, Alice Mortimer, Mary-Jane Mullins, Barbara Nash, Terry Wheeliker, Jennifer Whittam, Liz Zserdicky
Chorus of Nobles: Peter Bolton, Richard Briggs, Tim Butler, Clive Daniel, Anthony Farrimond, Gordon Fawcett, Tony Johnson, Andy Laverick, Ernie Lowe, Phil Wheeliker, Jay Whittam
Guards: Ian Downes, Simon Phillips
Production Team
| Artistic Director |
Graham Weston
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| Musical Director |
James Newby
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| Accompanist |
Norman Walker
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| Stage manager |
Jeremy Stokes, Keith Lowe
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| Stage Crew |
Keith’s Wonders
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| Scenery |
Savoyards Appreciation Society (West Yorkshire)
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| Costumes and Props. |
Wakefield G and S, featuring costumes purchased from Homburg’s Costumiers, Leeds
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| Wardrobe |
Helen Bolton, Bobbie Greatorex, Jen Whittam
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| Props. |
Jenny Grove
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| Artwork |
Helen Hazell
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| Programme Editor |
Jane and Gordon Fawcett
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| Dignitaries Hosts |
Mark Briggs, Val English
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Audience feedback
“The Mikado is perhaps the most loved G & S opera of all, calling for seven or eight outstanding principals. The Wakefield Society can justly claim to have filled all the roles with outstanding principals, with Graham Weston again giving us a master-class with his portrayal of Ko-Ko. The chorus singing was super, the good set and costumes all gave us a most enjoyable production.”
Noel Rigg (NODA rep. region 7)
The best production of the Mikado we have ever seen. Superb, witty,entertaining,wonderful costumes…
An excellent show with some superb singing and great attention to detail in the production.
Singing, acting, dancing, choregraphy, characterisation and spectacle all first class; comic and very entertaining.
Production and performance was first class as was that of every principal and performing member on stage.
A fantastic evening’s entertainment.