Celebrating 140 years of The Mikado

"Literary merit meets with proper recognition"

In order to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the first night of The Mikado,  Vincent Daniels assisted by Nick Dobson will give us an illustrated talk on the background to The Mikado particularly when it was banned in 1907 for fear of upsetting visiting Japanese delegates to the UK.  This will include a couple of musical numbers sung by Leon Berger.

This will be followed by a semi-staged  reading of  Tony Joseph's play 'Licence Withdrawn' set around this historical event  and including  some musical items from the opera.  Our Pro-AM cast includes  three former members of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, some of which are Vice-Presidents of the Society with a strong supporting cast.

CAST

The Lord Chamberlain                  Vincent Daniels

The Home Secretary                      Leon Berger

W.S. Gilbert                                     Bruce Graham

Miss Micklethwaite                        Linda Anne Hutchison

Sue (Yum-Yum)                               Katie Plummer

Cathy (Peep-Bo)                              Zoe Avern

Helen (Pitti-Sing)                             Jackie Mitchell

Mrs Helen D'Oyly Carte                Caroline Graham

Pianist                                              Tim Smith

With permission of Joy Joseph

Venue:

The Club for Acts and Actors
20 Bedford Street
London
WC2E 9HP

Voluntary contribution:

Members £5         Non-members £10

Tickets can be purchased in advance on line or on the door