Pamela Bilik Theatricals

The Mikado

This production is for 16 – 30 year olds

Director – Pamela Bilik

Auditions – Saturday 8th August 2009

Performances 13th and 14th August 2009 at The Playhouse, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire. (Click here for map.)

Auditions and rehearsals will take place at The Playhouse. Auditions at 1:30pm on Saturday 8th August 2009.

There will be an additional concert at The Medway Centre, Bakewell on the afternoon of Saturday 15th August 2009. (Click here for map and directions.)

If you would like to take part please register here.

For the audition, please prepare a song, preferably from The Mikado, if not, please ensure you bring the sheet music or be prepared to sing a capella.

The cast will be announced on the audition day and rehearsals will start as soon as this has happened. Pamela makes all casting decisions on the day of audition, your registration is just to give us an idea of the numbers of people interested in being involved.

Costumes

Information about costumes is contained in our April Newsletter.

Synopsis

The Emperor of Japan, the Mikado, wants an execution, and Ko-Ko, the Lord high Executioner, is desperate for a victim. He agrees that his fiancee Yum-Yum can marry her true love, Nanki-Poo - but only for a month. In return, Nanki-Poo agrees to be executed, leaving Ko-Ko to reclaim Yum-Yum. When legal complications arise, Ko-Ko is forced to pretend that the execution has taken place. But Nanki-Poo turns out to be the Mikado's runaway son, and to save his neck, Ko-Ko finds himself blackmailed into marrying Nanki-Poo's own fiancee Katisha... allowing Nanki-Poo to marry Yum-Yum.

Principal Roles

• The Mikado (Emperor of Japan)
• Nanki-Poo (his son)
• Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner)
• Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else)
• Pish-Tush (a Noble Lord)
• Yum Yum (a sister)
• Pitti-Sing (a second sister)
• Peep-Bo (a third sister)
• Katisha (An elderly lady in love with Nanki-Poo)

• Male chorus
• Female chorus

The Pirates of Penzance

Director – Pamela Bilik

Musical Director – Gareth Edwards

UK Producers – Anna Grady, Helen Grady

Friday 31st July and Saturday 1st August 2009 at 7.30pm at The Art Theatre, New Mills, Derbyshire. (Click here for map.)

Synopsis

In The Pirates of Penzance, the young pirate Frederic is about to be freed from his enforced apprenticeship. The honorable Frederic, who was mistakenly apprenticed to the pirates by his partially deaf nursemaid Ruth, has decided to leave the pirate life. Now a free man, Frederic leaves for the shore. Frederic, who has never seen a woman besides Ruth, instantly falls in love with Mabel, one of the daughters of Major-General Stanley. Soon though, the pirates arrive and want to marry the rest of Major-General Stanley's daughters. Major-General Stanley enlists the help of the police to stop the pirates. Frederic wants to help Major-General Stanley and the police protect the ladies, but soon he discovers that due to a technicality, he is still bound by duty to remain an apprentice to the pirates. All is well in the end when it is discovered that the pirates have noble blood and would in fact be suitable husbands for Major-General Stanley’s daughters.

Principal Roles

Chorus Roles

Performances took place at the 500 seat Art Theatre in New Mills, Derbyshire.