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:

15 December 2011

There's an oft-quoted theory about panto that it serves an important purpose, bringing youngsters into the theatre for possibly the first time in their lives.

While this is undoubtedly true, it does put significant pressure on the panto concerned to deliver an experience that will leave them wanting to come back again at some point in the future. This festive offering from producers Qdos provides a perfectly adequate, if workmanlike, example of the genre, but it’s hard to escape the thought that there may not be enough here to draw putative theatre-goers of the future back time and again.

Headlining as Wishee Washee, Bobby Davro gives us Bobby Davro, complete with comedy voices, a snatch of his cabaret turn doing vocal impressions, and some suitably lame double entendres. If you like Bobby Davro… well, you get the picture.

Elsewhere, dancer Brian Fortuna looks pretty and moves well as Aladdin, while Charlotte Bull as supporting genie Scherazade and [David O’Mahony] as Ab...

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Stewart Lamb - 18 December 2011:

Me and my wife went on the 17th Dec 11 17.00 show and we thought it was brilliant ! The cast were great, and audience paticipation was lots of fun and very loud! Still have a big smile on our faces! Many thanks to all invoved....

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