Reader Reviews
Dick Whittington and His Cat (Barbican Centre, West End)
Back to Show Details| Score | Comment | Date |
 | Fabulous fun, thoroughly enjoyed by children and adults this evening. The people who are negative about this seem to forget that it's a pantomime. Highly recommended. - 86.136.14.215) | 18 Dec 06 |
| the dame was the worst thing in pantoland sets were poor the thing is a mess and i dont mean slosh. - 80.3.64.12) | 06 Dec 06 |
| Imagine the panto of pantos, an amalgam of every device, bit of business, arch language, weak joke, orientalism in dubious taste, water fight, kung fu for nincompoops, extravagant set, soppy cross-dressed love song, fart, puff of smoke, rude reference to dicks and bums and you have Dick selon Mr (epatez les bourgeois) Ravenhill. It is so traditional it's reverential - the panto tradition is great but surely not that great? It's also much too long. With 3/4 hour cut, this will be the ultimate panto - no need to see any others as this already contains them. The audience (mostly under ten) adored the show. Indeed they kept up a continuous shriek from start to finish, and the shrieking is provoked and indeed whipped up by the silly gags put on by the cast who are uniformly first class. This is one to take your ill-behaved grandchildren to. - 87.80.132.38) | 30 Nov 06 |
| After an age, Pantomime has come to the Barbican in the shape of Dick Whittington.From the beautiful stage settings to the high quality performances,the audience enjoyed a fun filled afternoon. Roger Lloyd Pack excels as Sarah the Cook , with visual and oral gags that will have both adults and children smiling. King Rat is terrifying and Tommy the cat heroic,even at over 2 hours the children were never bored. The school children was amazed to see Miles Jupp , Archy from Balamory, playing Lemon and Port was a very worthy sidekick. Summer Strallen gave the female Dick Whittington all his usual thigh slapping charm and produced a real bond with the crowd;though the sweets and water pistols might also have helped.The audience ,of largely children ,cheered ,jeered and screamed from start to finish.This was usually to wake up Danny Worters , who as Lazy Jack probably stole the show. With a witty script , brilliant cast and a selection of catchy tunes , this will be a Christmas treat , with something for everyone from 8 to 80! - 82.198.250.5) | 30 Nov 06 |
