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Scottish Opera’s Mikado: A Victorian variety show on Japanese Night

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Reviewed at Theatre Royal, Glasgow on 7 May 2016
Sullivan, The Mikado
Scottish Opera
Derek Clark, Conductor
Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director
Dick Bird, Set Designer
Stephen Richardson, Mikado
Nicholas Sharratt, Nanki-Poo, son of Mikado
Richard Suart, Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner
Andrew Shore, Pooh-Bah, Lord High Everything Else
Ben McAteer, Pish-Tush, Gentleman of Japan
Rebecca Bottone, Yum-Yum
Sioned Gwen Davies, Pitti-Sing, Yum-Yum's sister
Emma Kerr, Peep-Bo, Yum-Yum's sister
Rebecca de Pont Davies, Katisha
The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
Mark Jonathan, Lighting Designer
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