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2024
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This was our 37th production and the 5th time in our history we've produced "The Mikado".
A "Touch of the Orient came to Batley" said the the Batley News of this production. Read their report on the show.
The programme included an obituary for Mrs Richmond Newsome who was a founder member and principal contralto of the Society for a number of years. One of the happiest memories was when she appeared with her daughter Barbara as Lady Blanche and Melissa in "Princess Ida".
The production (so said our Producer John Broadbent) was "essentially traditional but different in one or two aspects". The "list song" of Ko-Ko was restored to its original position and Yum-Yum's half of the "kissing duet" with Nanki-Poo was restored.
Producer/Director : John Broadbent
Musical Director : Jim Laidlaw
Cast
| The Mikado Of Japan: | Lyndon Wilkinson |
| Nanki-Poo : (his son,disguised as a minstrel) | David Rodgers |
| Ko-Ko : (Lord High Executioner of Titipu): | Chris Sowerby |
| Pooh-Bah : (Lord High Everything Else) | Keith Horner |
| Pish-Tush : (a Noble Lord) | Robert Thurman |
| Three Sisters, Wards of Ko-Ko | |
| Yum-Yum: | Stephanie Roe |
| Pitti-Sing: | Alison Sowerby |
| Peep-Bo: | Sally Roberts |
| Katisha: (an Elderly Lady) | Sarah Leach |
Chorus of School Girls, Nobles and Guards :
Guards: John Hardy, Richard Roe
Coolies: Melanie Jackson, Rachel Roe
Schoolgirls: Margaret Croft, Rachel Croft, Judith Gill, Margaret Lister,
Mary Ludford, Verity Thomas, Ruth Trout, Dorothy Whitworth
Men's Chorus: Keith Cooper, Peter Newell, Vernon Newman, Malcolm Parkinson, Barry Pearson, Eric Tester, Ian Townend, John Whitehead
