Aladdin
From: Tuesday, 18th December 2012
To: Saturday, 19 January 2013
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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:
Anne Morley-Priestman - 20 December 2012
For me (and I suspect many other well-seasoned pantomime goers in the audience) this year's Aladdin at Norwich's Theatre Royal is the pick of the 2012 bunch. Of course, Richard Gauntlett could probably by now play Dame in his sleep (though you could never accuse him of sleep-walking through a performance) and his script for his own production has some very nice touches.
Chief among these is that we're back in the Arabia of semi-myth, which after all is where the story originates – no China, though Widow Twankey still runs a laundry. A shadow puppet introduction by the Genie of the Lamp (Nick Aldis) gives us the story of the young Aladdin who lost his father while exploring for the magical cave and was subsequently rescued and adopted by Twankey. Aldis has a commanding stage presence, as befits a wrestler of some renown.
No Genie of the Ring then, and of course no Emperor of China. Instead Princess Sukaria is her own ruler, on the brink of...
Latest User Review
kevin grint - 25 January 2013:
Went to see with our 3 year old daughter and she loved it and so did we keep up the good work...
Cast
Graham Cole (Abanazer)
Lucy Dixon (Aladdin)
Richard Gauntlett (Widow Twankey)
Andre Vincent (Wishee Washee)
Nick Aldis (The Genie)
Zoe Clarke
Steve Edwin
Creative
Almary Green (Corporate Sponsor)
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