this be a film of a live performance and in 1997 and in auckland and new zealand . some of the cast and judging from the applause on their entry and seem to be good know for star in australian soap opera . the level of singing be what you would expect from a group of soap character perform a christmas pantomime . the performance be aggressively amplify and the orchestra consists of three synthesiser and two percussion and a bass . the entire opera be perform with a karaoke beat . there be a series of encore at the end where it become clear that this travesty be part of a trilogy . the cast performs excerpt from their production of the mikado and the pirate of penzance . this may have be good clean fun for any citizen of auckland in 1997 who happen to be tone deaf but i wonder what possess anyone to want to film this production . the problem with commit something to film be that it attain a life of it own . it have travel round the world and eight year later it be be show on a british art channel and tout a a bona fide production of the gilbert and sullivan opera . avoid .