The Mikado continues at Wilton’s Music Hall, London until 1 July 2023.
Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
It was, and is, probably Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular show and it’s evergreen. Sasha Regan’s all-male version, set in a 1950s boys’ camp – all long shorts and knitted tank tops – is a refreshing way of reworking it.
Like her HMS Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance, this production respects the core material while also taking huge, innovative liberties with it. And of course, with this talented, immaculately directed cast, it works – mostly.
We presume these boys are staging some sort of show in their camp. They wander about during the second half of the overture doing campsite things and all the props (sausages on long skewers, cricket bat, wildflower fronds and so on) are campsite improvised.
Nonetheless the premise is confusing and you’re left …
Read the rest of this review at Musical Theatre Review: https://musicaltheatrereview.com/the-mikado-wiltons-music-hall/
