Beauty and the Beast
From: Friday, 27th November 2009
To: Saturday, 23 January 2010
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Our Review:
2 December 2009
There is pretty much everything you would want from a panto in Kenneth Alan Taylor’s Beauty and the Beast - except a nasty villain to boo. But that minor criticism aside this year’s seasonal offering from the Nottingham Playhouse is about as good as it gets.
Not that [Jonathan Race’s Beast is not as scary as you would want him to be, particularly in his earliest appearances. Although The Beast is ugly ]enough to send the tiniest youngsters scurrying under their parents’ arms for comfort he soon wins over both the girl and the audience. And the other potential villain Gaston, played by James Marin, shows just a touch of vanity but never a villainous edge.
Jonathan and James are both newcomers to the Playhouse panto team but judging by their first performances they are both lined up to join writer and director Kenneth Alan Taylor’s first eleven.
Ken finally stepped down from playing Dame last year but still retains his master’s eye over proceedings, ably handing over ...
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Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company (Company)
Kenneth Alan Taylor (Author)
Kenneth Alan Taylor (Director)
Tim Meacock (Design)
Jason Taylor (Lighting)
Adele Parry (Choreographer)
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