{"id":7235,"date":"2026-08-26T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/?p=7235"},"modified":"2026-08-30T10:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T00:25:12","slug":"opera-hunter-mikado-steampunk-rathmines-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/music-performance\/opera-hunter-mikado-steampunk-rathmines-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera Hunter sets The Mikado among brass and gears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"steampunk-standfirst\"><strong>John Campbell directs the new production at Rathmines Theatre, with four performances scheduled from 16 to 18 October 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Opera Hunter will stage Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s <em>The Mikado<\/em> at Rathmines Theatre from Friday 16 October to Sunday 18 October 2026, with steampunk built into the production rather than left as a suggestion for the foyer.<\/p>\n<p>The company describes it as a new production in a steampunk setting, directed by John Campbell.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Bearman OAM is advertised as conductor, with players from the Lake Mac Philharmonic. Opera Hunter names Phillip Costovski, Ian Fisher, Kirsten Busby, Ben Starling, Evan Graham, Dana Leon Oakley, Bridget Ponman and Ella Cox among the cast, alongside the Opera Hunter Chorus. Malcolm Young and Brett Crocker are also listed by the company.<\/p>\n<h2>Performances and bookings<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday 16 October at 7.30pm<\/li>\n<li>Saturday 17 October at 2pm<\/li>\n<li>Saturday 17 October at 7.30pm<\/li>\n<li>Sunday 18 October at 2pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tickets are available through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stickytickets.com.au\/524h53\/opera__hunters___production__of_the__mikado.aspx\">Sticky Tickets<\/a>. Adult admission is listed at $55, with concession tickets at $50. Booking and payment fees are included in those prices, although American Express payments attract a 1.75 per cent surcharge.<\/p>\n<p>Rathmines Theatre stands at the intersection of Stilling Street and Dorrington Road in Rathmines. Council event information lists accessible entry, parking, toilets and a hearing loop.<\/p>\n<p>Current availability and booking conditions can be checked on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stickytickets.com.au\/524h53\/opera__hunters___production__of_the__mikado.aspx\">official ticket page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opera Hunter is giving Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s The Mikado an explicitly steampunk setting for its October 2026 season at Rathmines Theatre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[36,34,35,31,33,37,32],"class_list":["post-7235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-performance","tag-gilbert-and-sullivan","tag-lake-macquarie","tag-nsw-steampunk","tag-opera-hunter","tag-rathmines-theatre","tag-steampunk-theatre","tag-the-mikado"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7258,"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7235\/revisions\/7258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}