The Mikado - The Flowers that bloom in the Spring

Essgee's original with Simon Gallaher Helen Donaldson Drew Forsythe Jon English

[@user-ub2ww1gn3r]

I love how Simon played this role, he really became a cute cheerful boy Nanki-Poo. Also the chemical with Helen Donaldson was perfectly matched, they were a real lover on the stage. I didn't see such character links in other version.

[@leeshahinian]

Delightful performance!

[@tomc6407]

Very funny. From someone who played in an amateur production many years ago. For the Australian audience, Oh bugger the flowers of Spring!

[@rks581]

... okay, we know Nanki-Poo has to marry Katisha or perish ignominiously on the scaffold. Now, Nanki-Poo has got married to someone else. If Katisha demands that he be put to death for this, is she not compassing the death of the heir apparent? A very large pot of boiling oil awaits. Besides, flirting is the only crime punishable by death and burial alive is reserved for the wives of men who flirt. If Nanki-Poo is executed for not marrying Katisha, then Yum-Yum is safe. The plot is beautifully complicated and I am certain G&S knew every bit of it. I really do like this performance. It's updated in just the right spirit. It remembers that The Mikado was something like the Monty Python and the Holy Grail of its era -- comic genius presenting itself through the medium of the time. The intended audience is not the London theater crowd, but simply anybody who wants to laugh.

[@jane90186]

Oh my, I think I'm in love with Simon Gallaher!!

[@fionaedwards6216]

jane90186 so am i, he's gorgeous and his voice is brilliant as well

[@benbruns4309]

The feeling of finishing Hi-ya Is a blossom that blooms in my heart As I merrily dance and I sing Hi-ya I welcome the hope that it brings Hi-ya Of finishing things that I start Of finishing things that he starts. And that's what he means when he says finishing Is welcome as flowers that bloom in the spring. Entire Cast: Hi-ya ya ya ya ya (2x) The flowers that bloom in the spring Hi-ya ya ya ya ya (5x) Hi-ya ya ya ya yaaaaaaaa.

[@MiriB.]

This is the one they played in Australia. In New Zealand they got Terri and Derrick.

[@jane90186]

What fun, just great, why wasn't this the version the DVD so much better!

[@edejan]

Good grief! What a wonderful, lively and well-played performance. Is it available on DVD anywhere?

[@fionaedwards6216]

edejan sorry, but no, they only recorded it for there archives

[@jamesclarke4221]

Fun

[@andrewzmorris]

Is the VHS or DVD of this version available anywhere? I can only find the NZ version.

[@li22ietopper26]

It was added to the VHS set

[@andrewzmorris]

@@li22ietopper26 Which VHS set would that be? I've searched high and low for it to no avail.

[@pendlera2959]

Song begins at 2:01.