The group is presenting The Mikado at the Key Theatre from Tuesday until Saturday, October 11.

First performed in 1885, the show features popular musical numbers such as A Wandering Minstrel I, Three Little Maids From School, A Cheap and Chippy Chopper, The Sun Whose Rays and Tit-Willow.

The Mikado is one of the most family-friendly of all the Gilbert and Sullivan Savoy operas, with its elements of comedy, pantomime and romance.

The action takes place in the colourful eastern setting of Japan, but the wit and satire clearly targets English traits in evidence today, including jobs for the boys and corruption in high places.

The cast includes Phillip Sendall as The Mikado of Japan, Julian Ransom as Nanki-Poo, John Torr as Ko-Ko, Fernley Copping as Pooh-Bah and Simon Blenkin as Pish Tush.

Louise Kaminski, Marianne Vivash and Joanna Goldspink play Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing and Peep-Bo, and Amanda Thomson is Katisha.

Alasdair Baker is directing the production, and the musical director is Margaret Blenkin.

The plot revolves around Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, who disguises himself as a wandering minstrel to escape an unwanted marriage and promptly falls in love with the beautiful Yum-Yum.

The path of true love is never easy, and several obstacles are cast his way by Yum-Yum’s guardian, Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, who has every intention of marrying her himself.

Also causing problems is Katisha, Nanki-Poo’s jilted bride, who arrives in Titipu in the company of Nanki-Poo’s father.

Peterborough Gilbert and Sullivan Players have been staging the operas of WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s operas in the city for more than 80 years and this is the eighth time they have staged The Mikado.

Tickets for The Mikado are available from The Key Theatre Box Office, by calling 01733 552439.

The production runs from October 7 to 11 at 7.30pm nightly, with a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. Concessions on tickets are available for the Tuesday evening and Saturday matinee performances.

Half-price tickets are available for under-18s attending the Saturday matinee accompanied by an adult.