TheatreWorks

In co-operation with Bangkok Community Theatre

presents

as Dinner Theatre at The British Club

TheatreWorks is proud to present Gilbert & Sullivan’s

comic musical masterpiece “The Mikado”

TheatreWorks will stage Gilbert & Sullivan’s best loved and most often performed collaboration, “The Mikado”, as dinner theatre at the British Club, Silom Soi 18, for seven nights on January 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30 & 31, 2009. Tickets to this comical musical satire include a sumptuous 3-course dinner buffet. There will also be one family show-only matinee on Sunday, January 25^th, 2009.

Performance Times and Ticket Prices:

Dinner Theatre

Cocktails on the lawn (not included in the ticket price) will begin at 7:00pm. Dinner & show will begin promptly at 7:30pm on Friday, January 23; Saturday, January 24; Monday, January 26; Wednesday, January 28; Thursday, January 29; Friday, January 30 & Saturday, January 31, 2009. Tickets are B1200 per person (including 3-course buffet dinner) and tables seat 10. Parties of less than 10 people may share tables.

Sunday Matinee Show Only

Matinee Show on Sunday, January 25th at 2:00pm

Matinee Show-only Tickets on January 25th are B700. Refreshments will be available for sale before and after the show (from 1:00pm until 6:30pm) on the 25^th but not included in the ticket price. This performance is recommended for adults and students over 8 years old. There will be no performance on Tuesday, January 27^th, 2009.

Tickets Available only in advance from TheatreWorks by calling 089-006-5259 or 081-869-1104. Tickets will be available from December 19th so don’t delay. Past dinner theatre productions have been known to sell out well in advance. Note: British Club members may also sign for tickets through the club. For more information, please email us at theatreworks@sala.net, or call the numbers above.

About “The Mikado”

“The Mikado” is one of the best-known and loved of Gilbert & Sullivan's collaborations. Although the opera is inspired by, and purports to portray, Japanese culture, style, and government, it actually draws on Victorian and Gilbert’s own (and wholly imagined) view of the subject! By setting the opera in Japan, an exotic location far away from Britain, Gilbert was able to satirise British politics and institutions more freely by disguising them as Japanese. It also reflects the general British fascination with Japanese fashion and art at the time. TheatreWorks own version of this classic piece, echoes this fascination, but in our own modern times. Our show takes an affectionate and admiring look at the Japan of today, drawing on the fashions as well as the now familiar brands and icons seen around the world. Featuring a mix of loveable villains, hidden identities, thwarted lovers and great hilarity in putting them all to rights, the show is also full of memorable songs and music ("Three Little Maids from School," " Here’s a Howdy Do" and "Tit-Willow," to name a few.) Add to that, beautiful costumes and hilarious performances, and it’s no surprise that “The Mikado” continues to be joyfully staged around the world year after year. If you would like to read the shows libretto or a synopsis in advance, please visit http://math.boisestate.edu/GaS/mikado/html/index.html

About TheatreWorks

TheatreWorks is comprised of a group of local singers and performers, who have been involved in various performing art groups in Bangkok over the years and are now working together to stage this dinner-theatre production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Mikado.” The Co-Directors of TheatreWorks are Angela Daniel and Bonnie Zellerbach who have directed & produced over 30 theatrical productions in Bangkok over the past 18 years. Most recently they worked together to stage the rollicking G&S production of “The Pirates of Penzance” for Bangkok Community Theatre in 2006, the highly successful G&S production of “Trial by Jury” for TheatreWorks in 2007 and the hilarious Neil Simon comedy “Rumours” for BCT in 2008. All of these sell-out productions have been staged as dinner theatre evenings at The British Club similar to this upcoming production of “The Mikado.” Ms. Daniel and Ms. Zellerbach are delighted to be working with music professionals Eugene Eustaquio and Tony Newman on this comic Gilbert & Sullivan masterpiece.

TheatreWorks is very grateful to BCT for their on-going support and also to the sponsors of this production: BNH Hospital, Shrewsbury International School, Kotobuki Corporation, Oakwood City Residence & Oakwood Residence Sukumvit 24 Tilleke & Gibbins, JVK International Movers, The British Club and Raja’s Fashions.