HOT MIKADO
On Tour

If you like your musicals fast-moving, funny and full of memorable music then rush to buy your tickets to this  hugely successful actor/musician production of Hot Mikado.  Strictly Come Dancing judge, Craig Revel Horwood and Tony Award-Winning orchestrator Sarah Travis’ electrifying show had toes-tapping, fingers clicking and enjoyed nightly standing ovations at the renowned Watermill Theatre, where it ran in 2006. The original catchy G & S score is given a contemporary feel with swing, jive and sassy songs  plus a little gospel and rhythm and blues thrown in for good measure.  This is likely to be the most energetic and exhilarating musical you’ll see anywhere this year.

Picture a little town in Japan where flirting is punishable by death. Unsurprisingly its citizens are finding the law, rather, well...tiresome. They appoint Ko Ko, a lowly tailor, as Lord High Executioner, himself condemned for flirting and so not likely to execute anyone. Throw in the beautiful Yum Yum, her ardent admirer Nanki-Poo, errant son of the Mikado, and the man-eater Katisha, and you have one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most famous comic operas in all its wonderful absurdity. 

Craig Revel Horwood and Sarah Travis’ previous sell-out shows at The Watermill include Martin Guerre and Sunset Boulevard, which transferred to the West End late 2008.

Hear an interview with Craig Revel Horwood talking about Hot Mikado


Tour dates and venues

22 – 26 Sept @ The Rose Kingston 0871 2301552

29 Sept – 3 Oct @ Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford
01483 440000

6 – 10 Oct @ The Lowry, Salford 0870 1112000

13 – 17 Oct @ The Playhouse, Oxford 01865 305305

20 – 24 Oct @ Devonshire Park, Eastbourne
01323 412000

3 – 7 Nov @ Arts Centre, Aberystwyth 01970 623232

10 – 14 Nov @ New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
01473 295900

20 - 22 Nov @ Teatre de Salt, Girona, Spain
+0034 972 402004