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GILBERT & SULLIVAN

THE MIKADO

“It’s Laugh-Out-Loud Stuff”

Festival Theatre

09 Nov - 23 Nov 2019

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Season Closed

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Conductor: Simon Kenway
Director: Stuart Maunder AM
Designer: Simone Romaniuk
Lighting Designer: Donn Byrnes
Choreographer: Siobhan Ginty

Mikado: Pelham Andrews
Nanki Poo: Dominic J. Walsh
Ko-Ko: Byron Coll
Pooh-Bah: Andrew Collis
Pish-Tush: Nicholas Cannon
Yum-Yum: Amelia Berry
Pitti-Sing: Bethany Hill
Peep-Bo: Charlotte Kelso
Katisha: Elizabeth Campbell

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State Opera Chorus
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

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The Mikado in rehearsal - State Opera South Australia

The Mikado in rehearsal - State Opera South Australia

The Mikado in rehearsal - State Opera South Australia

The Mikado in rehearsal - State Opera South Australia

The Mikado in rehearsal - State Opera South Australia

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Verdi's OTELLO (1992) - Festival Theatre

CREATIVES:
Conductor - Peter Robinson
Director - Garth Scott-Annetts
Designer - Wolfram Skalicki
Lighting - Donn Byrnes
Costume Design - Kristian Frederikson
Choreographer - Velalien Shepherd

CAST:
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Cassio - Geoffrey Harris
Iago - Malcolm Donnelly
Roderigo - Brian Gilbertson
Otello - Bruno Sebastian
Desdemona - Marilyn Richardson
Emilia - Wendy Hopkins
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Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY (1991) - Festival Theatre

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Designer - Kenneth Rowell
Lighting - Donn Byrnes

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Pinkerton - Bruno Sebastian
Suzuki - Jennifer Bermingham
Sharpless - John Pringle
Imperial Commissioner - Douglas McNicol
Cio Cio San - Yoko Watanabe
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Official Registrar - Geoff Rogers
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Uncle Yakuside - Rex Millsteed
Bonze - Russell Smith
Aunt - Kay Gosnold
Prince Yamadori - Ian Vayne
Sorrow - Jordan Welden-Iley
Kate Pinkerton - Amanda Cross

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