Gilbert & Sullivan's The McCardo
      Wellington Comic Opera presentsGilbert & Sullivan's The McCardo

      Gilbert & Sullivan's The McCardo

      Intrigue in the highlands amid cutting word play and sparkling music

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      Whirinaki Whare Taonga

      836 Fergusson Dr

      Upper Hutt, New Zealand

      When

      Sat 10 May 2025 - Sun 11 May 2025

      Running Time

      2 hours, 30 minutes

      Interval

      15 minutes

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      In Wellington Comic Opera’s 2025 production of The McCardo public servants and the British court system are lampooned in a colourful romp in which, ultimately, love triumphs over the obstacles strewn in its way. 

      Familiar tunes like ‘The Sun Whose rays’, Tit Willow’, ‘A Wand’ring Minstrel I’ and ‘Three Little Maids from School Are We’, will keep you smiling, and the absurdity of the familiar patter song, ‘I’ve Got a Little List’, will have you laughing out loud. 

      Set in the Scottish Highlands, the main characters must negotiate the decrees of the clan chief McCardo, the machinations of the ‘Minister of Everything’, Pooh-Bah, and the incompetence of the newly appointed Lord High Executioner, Ko-Ko. 

      Sparkling music and cutting wit from the enduring pens of WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan will carry you to a satisfying conclusion in which the ‘threatened cloud has passed away’ and everyone ‘with joyous shout’ can enjoy a brighter, happier future.

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