Theatre review: The Mikado, directed by Ross Gumbley

A quirky, exciting, visually gorgeous romp.

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28th November, 2013

The Court Theatre’s Mikado, a quirky, exciting, visually gorgeous romp, brings Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera into the present day. Nanki-Poo falls heavily for the beautiful Yum-Yum, but she is set to marry the Lord High Executioner. The Executioner, desperate to find someone to behead before the Mikado arrives, agrees to let Nanki-Poo marry his bride with the proviso he be executed after a month of marriage. True to the spirit of G&S, the production takes swipes at the state’s interference in people’s lives, and the reworked lyrics have plenty of laughs directed ...

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