Following the highly successful all-male tours of H.M.S. Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance, director Sasha Regan returns with the world premiere of The Mikado – one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most famous operettas - with a twist.

The new version, which comes to the Hall for Cornwall in July, features an all male cast and be set in a 1950’s England ,where life was simple and the staple diet was Enid Blyton.

In true topsy-turvy fashion, Gilbert and Sullivan’s inherent humour and timeless tunefulness is married with Sasha's wicked sense of fun.

This vibrant production successfully pokes playful fun at British politics and institutions. The crazy storyline takes us to 1950s England where a school camping trip is visiting the far away land of Titipu - a place where flirting is banned on pain of death and where tailors can become Lord High Executioners but cannot cut off another’s head, until they have cut off their own.

Sasha’s idea to transform these much-loved classics into all-male productions stems from her own experiences performing Gilbert and Sullivan at a single-sex school. Her shows are now renowned for playing on the humour that can emerge from these gender changes.

She said: "Nothing gives me greater pleasure than seeing our work playing in some of the most beautiful theatres our country has to offer: 2017 is going to be a great year for us as we bring a brand new staging to our audiences - it's beyond exciting."

Sasha Regan is the founder and artistic director of The Union Theatre in Southwark, and her recent production of HMS Pinafore also featured a male only cast. Most recently she was awarded the Special Achievement Award at the Off West End Awards 2017 for her contribution to musical theatre.