Aladdin

Synopsis

The Pantomime story of Aladdin and the magic lamp. Widow Twankey, her no-good son Wishee Washee and the Chinese laundry usually provide the slapstick.

Our Review:

Anne Morley-Priestman - 10 December 2012

For the third year in succession, Jordan Productions as producers and Cook to Perfection as sponsors have brought a pantomime to King's Lynn's Corn Exchange. Like all such converted spaces, the Corn exchange has its drawbacks as far as multi-scene changes are concerned. Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella were both excellent productions but Aladdin alas fails to measure up to the standards they set.

It's been written by Chris Jordan and directed by Ian Marr, who also plays Widow Twankey. On the official opening night, the sound system took some time to settle down, so that most of Raquel Jones' introduction to the story as the Genie of the Ring was a mere blur of words. This was a pity as, later on, Jones displays an excellent voice and stage personality.

Abanazaar is a character who's been working his way up from a mere villain to something of a star of the show over the past few years. Todd Carty doesn't, on this showing, ...

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Brabra Willows - 13 December 2012:

'Pun absolutely intended' was meant to be in reference to my spelling of my name as Brabra (not to The Stage review), but it got cut off the above comment. Sadly the moment has now passed I think......

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