Hot Mikado is a musical comedy based on Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta The Mikado. However, this reworked version usually has the purists running for the door! Gone are the familiar Japanese settings. This is late 1930’s when the sounds of jazz and swing could be heard in the famous Cotton Club.
The story is the same, flirting is punishable by death, young Nanki-Poo has run away from home rather than marry an older women and the Lord High Executioner is still looking for someone to execute. Revived and taken on tour recently by Craig Revel Horwood, this is a show that doesn’t take itself seriously. This is witty comedy with a musical score that will take your breath away. Imagine the “Three little maids” as a sassy, sexy Andrew’s Sisters number and you’ll begin to get a flavour of what this is all about.
NNTTG is a NODA award winning company that has a wealth of talent so, if you like your comedy to be camp, your harmonies to be close and your tap dancing to be quick then this is a show not to be missed.
The Norwich Playhouse,
42 – 58 St. George’s Street
Norwich, NR3 1AB
Playhouse Box Office 01603 598598 or visit website www.nnttg.co.uk
