The Mikado – review

Coliseum, LondonJonathan Miller's 1930s English hotel version of Gilbert and Sullivan's Japanese opera celebrates its 25th anniversary with this latest revival. An iconoclastic visual approach to a 100-year-old classic when it was devised back in 1986, Stefanos Lazaridis's art deco set and Sue Blane's black-and-white costumes have earned classic status in their own right. They have not dated at all. Neither has Miller's staging, with the dialogue delivered in a pacy blend of lightness and emphas...

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