May 19, 2011 · The Mikado DVD now available: http://bit.ly/u1za8n This exclusive backstage video looks at how Opera Australia's Jacqueline Dark is transformed into the intimidating Katisha for the 2011...

This exclusive backstage video looks at how Opera Australia's Jacqueline Dark is transformed into the intimidating Katisha for the 2011 production of The Mikado at the Arts Centre, Melbourne....

The Mikado Makeup Transformation – Jacqueline Dark becomes Katisha. About Jacqueline Dark. Jacqueline Dark is a Helpmann and Green Room Award winning singer who performs in opera, musical theatre and cabaret. She is also an experienced physics and maths teacher, with a passion for not only making physics accessible to kids, but making them ...

The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations.

Sep 18, 2015 · “The Mikado” is also highly offensive: intended to satirize British politics, the play is set in an Orientalist fantasy of Japan, and is typically staged by White actors in costumes and makeup designed to make them appear Asian; or, more colloquially, in “ yellowface “.

May 1, 2018 · Classic productions, such as this 1950 rendition of 'The Mikado,' included representations of harmful Japanese stereotypes acted by Caucasian players in traditional Japanese makeup and dress.

Mar 29, 2012 - I'm designing the makeup for a production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Mikado. I'll be gathering inspiration pics for it. See more ideas about sullivans, geisha makeup, memoirs of a geisha.

Aug 17, 2014 · The Mikado is an opera set in aincient Japan, the "exoticness" of the setting used as a veil to cloak scathing social commentary on Victorian politics and society. Traditionally, The Mikado is done by white actors, often wearing makeup to make them look Japanese, or …

Dec 28, 2016 · As the use of yellowface — which can refer not only to makeup, but to broader attempts at racial impersonation or caricature — has drawn protests at “Mikado” revivals from Seattle to New York, companies presenting it have responded with a variety of approaches.

Nov 1, 2018 · So what do we make of "The Mikado" in 2018? Here are two smart people to argue either side of the question — one that has broader implications, as the world becomes increasingly multicultural.