Mikado casting

The eagerly awaited news of who will be doing the hard work this year is now out. There are two new faces whom we welcome to the front row.

Nanki Poo - Farran Roland 

Pooh Bah - Alan Russell (Pooh Bar and every other major Baritone part)

Ko Ko - Hugh Slater (Sir Despard, Grand Inquisitor ...)

Pish Tush - Philip Feather (Earl of Mountararat ...)

The Mikado - Max Braga (Uncle Roderick, Private Willis ...)

Yum Yum - Sally Ann Gretton (Rose Maybud, Patience and all the leading Soprano parts)

Pitti Sing - Anna Scutt (Mad Margaret ...) 

Peep Bo - June Stevenson

Katisha - Shirley Harrison

An insignificant chorus of Gentlemen of Japan and Schoolgirls will accompany this firmament of stars and provide stand-ins when required.

The Tit Replies to Mr Gilbert

On the bank of a river a gentleman sat,
Oh willow, titwillow, titwillow!
And he talked to a tit on a willow at that,
Singing 'Willow, titwillow, titwillow!'
I in fact am a swallow - the tree was an elm -
Not the uncommonest things in the realm -
But that's what you get with an ass at the helm
With his 'Willow, titwillow, titwillow!'

He claimed that I dived in the billowing wave
Singing 'Willow, titwillow, titwillow!'
With a sob and a sign to a suicide's grave
With 'Willow, titwillow, titwillow!'
From the top of the stream I was taking a fly,
And I certainly uttered a satisfied cry;
But the rest of the story is simply my eye!
It was swallow, elm, swallow, elm swallow!

PG