The Mikado


Frankston Teachers College : June 1964

 

Breif Synopsis

Nanki-Poo has banished himself from the little town of Titipu because he is hopelessly in love with the beautiful young lady, Yum-Yum. Yum-Yum however, is engaged to her guardian, Ko-Ko. Upon learning that Ko-Ko has been condemned to death for the crime of flirting, Nanki-Poo returns to Titipu to claim Yum-Yum's hand. After an odd turn of events, it turns out that Ko-Ko has not only been reprieved of his death sentence, but has earned a promotion to the post of Lord High Executioner. Unfortunately, he is not a big fan of killing people. With the Mikado of Japan becoming increasingly annoyed at the lack of executions taking place, Ko-Ko makes a deal with Nanki-Poo. He allows Nanki-Poo to marry Yum-Yum for one month, as long as he is executed after that month. Complications arrive though, when it is discovered that a condemned man's wife must join her spouse in death by being buried alive.

Production Team

 

Cast

Director

G. E Brennan

 

Nanki-Poo

Peter Stennett

Musical Director

B. Gleeson

 

Ko-Ko

Bob Brewster



 

Pooh-Bah

Jack Baker

Stage Manager

Jenni Cameron

 

Pish-Tush

Cliff Hallett



 

Yum-Yum

Charmaie Wentworth

Wardrobe

Eunice Brennan

 

Pitti-Sing

Pam Irvine


Michele Willett

 

Peep-Bo

Lorraine Hanson

Set Design

G. E Brennan

 

The Mikado

Ian McWilliams


H. Thompson

 

Katisha

Janice Leason

Lighting Design

Peter Hart

 

Women

Veronica Ferguson

Make Up Design

Conzee McClorinan

 


Lorraine Williams

Assistant Stage Manager

Martin Cameron

 


Audrey Carruthers

Assisting Musical Director

D. Sisson

 


Elizabeth Dowling

Lighting Assistant

Owen Marsh

 


Dorothy Wilding


Ross Richards

 


Margaret Walker


Ian Bond

 


Mireille Miroux

Front of House

Mike Galley

 


Terri Mitchell

Rehearsal Pianist & Organist

Nylma Spark

 


Noel Archibald

Ticket Secretary

Eunice Brennan

 


Dorothy Carter

Catering

Dorothy Thompson

 


Doris Edwards

Program Design

G. E. Brennan

 


Claire Durkin



 


Sue Kinnersly

Leader

Robert Gwynne

 


Helene Mullen

Violin

John Connelly

 


Jane Herbert


Russell Brown

 


Esther Greig

Cllo

Tom Lambert

 


Myrtle Slade

Viola

Heather Birrell

 


Lynne Butler

Ouble Bass

Kenneth Brown

 


Julia Power

Clarinet

K. Ericson

 


Dora Warner


Peter Bauers

 


Norma Allen

Lute

E. T. Bennett

 


Karen Brent


P. N. Arrowsmith

 


Joan Can

Oboe

Colin Morris

 

Men

Gerard McDonald

Bassoon

Len Nurse

 


Stephen Brennan

Trombone

Barry Jenkins

 


Shaun Williams


D. Gibbons

 


Graeme Hindley


Trevor Boyle

 


Martin Cameron

French Horn

Ronald Henry

 


Richard Froude

Trumpet

Ian Edwards

 


David Copeland


J. Aitkins

 


Gordon Morton

Percussion

David Bond

 


Neil McIntosh

Organ

Nylma Sparks

 


Graham Carter

Piano

Desma Sisson

 


Norman Smart


   


Bob Thompson


   


John Houston


   


Jim Richards

     


John Davison

     


Jack Wilding

     


Jim Stanhope

     


Peter Leason

     


Mike Porter

     


Alan Warner

     


Bern Conlon

     


Edgar Borne

     


Reg Skinner

     


Adrian Wagg

     


Alan Bray

     


Len Hodge

     


Jim Brown