Beauty and the Beast
From: Friday, 2nd December 2011
To: Saturday, 7 January 2012
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Anne Morley-Priestman - 9 December 2011
Somehow you know this is not quite going to be the traditional sort of pantomime from the moment you take your seat and look at the framing set which Foxton has designed. One half (stage right) of the footlight shades are gleaming gold bubbles; on stage left they’re blasted winged shapes, bathed in an eerie purple and green light. There’s obviously more going on than just the familiar story.
Writer and director Janice Dunn puts over a succession of moral, social and ecological messages in a child-friendly manner. In fact, the whole show is much more of a play with music and dancing than your run-of-the-mill pantomime. To the point where the traditional characters of the Dame (Ignatius Anthony as Twiggy), Beauty's father (Roger Delves-Broughton) and the duo of comic villains (David Tarkenter as Scuffle and Thomas Richardson as Swag) – not to mention the singalong – almost seem like excrescences.
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maldarling - 12 December 2011:
Brilliant set, lovely singing and impressive acting all round! Excellent panto. One of the best I`ve seen. ...
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Mercury Theatre Company (Company)
Janice Dunn (Author)
Foxton (Design)
Ceri James (Lighting)
Graeme du Fresne (Musical Director)
Gary Dixon (Sound)
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