Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Synopsis

Hiss at the Wicked Queen, laugh at the comic Seven Dwarfs and fall in love with the beautiful and innocent Snow White.

Our Review:

John Campbell - 14 December 2012

Bath favourites, Chris Harris and Jon Monie, return with the traditional mix of sublime silliness and good cheer. There are no surprises here, merely some very good jokes (and a few that should have been pensioned off years ago), mild innuendo, song, dance and lots of audience participation. It feels like a strongly local show with its references to nearby villages and topical Bath issues. The audience, from the very young to the very old, all up for a good time from the off, loved it.

Nichola McAuliffe makes a suitably hissable Wicked Queen. Chris Harris, who also directs, makes a wonderful pantomime dame in a series of fabulous frocks, each one outdoing the last in eye-popping kitsch, and Jon Monie makes a perfect foil; his deadpan delivery is one of the evening’s many pleasures. The show gets a lift whenever they appear; their Mastermind routine and their discussion of shop names are comic highlights. The dwarfs are all individually characterised and perf...

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