THE MIKADO

THE MIKADO

by Gilbert and Sullivan

Director: Stuart Maunder
Set & Costume Designer: Simone Romaniuk
Lighting Designer: Donn Byrnes

SOSA Photography © Soda Street Productions
OQ Photography © Ian Golding

State Opera South Australia | New Zealand Opera | Opera Queensland

“Simone Romaniuk’s set on rollers ... works ingeniously, while the opening of Act Two uses just three sheets of perspex with pink carnations attached to create a visual impression so striking that it generates spontaneous applause.”
Martin Buzacott | The Australian

“The Mikado’s design elements also played between pop cultural and traditional culture, kitsch oriental and Japanese style, and British empirical style and sensibilities. The effect was like being presented with a decadent layer cake, each style element on top of the other, whilst brought together brilliantly with a sugary sweet icing.”
Kelli Rogers | Australian Stage

“The rousing success of Opera Queensland’s sparkling new production of The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular work, is due to four people, Director Stuart Maunder, Set and Costume Designer Simone Romaniuk, Choreographer Siobhan Ginty, and Conductor Brian Castles-Onion.”
Peter Pinne | Stage Whispers