Potted Potter - The Unofficial Harry Experience
From: Tuesday, 8th December 2009
To: Saturday, 2 January 2010
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Synopsis
They’ll be taking on the ultimate challenge of potting all seven Potter books into seventy minutes, with the help of endless costumes, brilliant songs, ridiculous props, and a generous helping of Hogwarts magic. This fantastically funny show features all your favourite characters, a special appearance from a very frightening fire-breathing dragon, and even a game of Quidditch involving the audience!
Our Review:
Giles Cole - 17 December 2009
No doubt Harry Potter characters will crop up, or at least get a mention, in many a panto this Christmas, but for addicts who want a whole show devoted to the boy wizard, here it is. Sort of.
The blurb boasts that CBBC presenters Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner, otherwise known as Dan and Jeff, will perform all seven books in seventy minutes. So, it’s a bit like the Reduced Shakespeare Company working their way through the Bard, but with rather less style and considerably less wit.
The main running gag is that the show couldn’t be more low tech if it tried, all the amazing sets and all the other amazing (National Theatre) actors having been ditched by Dan in favour of blowing the whole budget on the fantastic fire-breathing dragon in book four – which of course turns out to be the lowest tech device of the lot. The other running gag - and it runs out of steam pretty quickly – is that Dan keeps pr...
Creative
Dan Clarkson (Author)
Jeff Turner (Author)
James Seabright (for Potted Productions Ltd) I:Dominic Knutton (original direction) (Producer)
Richard Hurst (Director)
Brian Hanlon (Design)
Hannah Broadway (Design)
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