Peter Pan

Our Review:

John Dixon - 14 December 2012

Panto returns to the Sunderland Empire this year with Peter Pan. Although there is a large amount of audience participation, Peter Pan is not a panto in the strictest sense of the word and the production values identify this.

The story sticks to convention as we first meet Peter Pan as he enters the Darlings bedroom and takes the children to Never Neverland. At the island Hook becomes jealous of Wendy (Victoria Boden) and captures Tiger Lily (Courtney-Mae Briggs) then tries to poison Pan before Tinkerbell (a roller skating Elisha Covell) saves him. Hook finally meets his match with a close encounter with a crocodile and all ends happily.

Tom Lister, as Mr. Darling and Captain Hook, is a revelation, proving there is life after Emmerdale. He has great stage presence and brings the comic side of Hook out with ease, in a blink of an eye changing from evil to hilarious. It is hard to believe this is his first panto season; it will certainly not be his last. Likewise,...

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Steve - 16 December 2012:

That's the deplorable state of theatre audience these days - they think they're at home with the TV on and can't sit still. How unfair to review a show based on the behaviour of a minority of its rude audience. I thought this was great fun. Wonderful to have panto back at the Empire...

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