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:

8 December 2010

Lovers of traditional panto will missee Wishee in Qdo’s latest take on Aladdin but both the kids and the grown-ups will find plenty to entertain them in this colourful and lively hi-tech production.

TV light entertainment star [Stephen Mulhern makes a cheeky and charming hero, with Coronation Street villain [Gray O’Brien] suitably sinister as the evil wizard ]Abanazar, but it is the 3D Genie who steals the show.

One hundred years ago moving pictures would have provided a novel distraction for the discerning audience of the day. Now we all don giant spectacles for those crucial scenes in which the lamp decants the magical one, ducking and diving as stones, spiders and bats fly straight towards us, taking a magical carpet ride to Abanazar’s Lair and flying into the jaws of a fire-breathing dragon.

The 3D effects are certainly scary enough for the younger members of the audience while the adults find it just as entertaining.

This Aladdin...

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Latest User Review

Eddikins - 21 December 2010:

Not for those who like traditional pantos: too many gimicks - the best bit was the song at the end (the 12 days of Christmas). Not for young children: my sensible 4 year old found it very loud and scary so I didn't let her wear the 3D glasses as she would have been terrified. I will be going to the Playhouse next year....

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