Aladdin
From: Friday, 9th December 2011
To: Sunday, 15 January 2012
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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:
14 December 2011
It's a little unfair, I know, but I took a look at my review of last year’s Milton Keynes panto before writing this one. To save myself time, I could easily have trotted it out again with the names changed.
Which, coincidentally, is pretty much what the producers have done with this version of Aladdin, which bears an uncanny resemblance to the one they laid on for MK audiences in 2007.
The difference then was that a manic Bradley Walsh was the force of nature that drove the show to the heights of hilarity and mayhem that it enjoyed. This time around, he’s not there.
That’s not to say that TV impressionist Paul Burling doesn’t do a fair job of helming the piece as Wishee Washee, nor that Gareth Gates and Nicola Brazil don’t make a glamorous, fine-voiced couple as Aladdin and Princess Jasmine. Adam Pearce’s overblown Abanazar and Chris Nelson’s reprise of Major Pong also offer entertaining support, with a powerful band in the pit and plenty of expenditure on the...
Cast
Gareth Gates
Russell Grant (Genie of the lamp - some dates)
Anita Dobson (Genie of the lamp - some dates)
Camilla Dallerup (Genie of the lamp - some dates)
Creative
First Family Entertainment (Producer)
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