Sleeping Beauty

Directed by: Beckie Clark

Choreography: Lauren Friday

Act 1 welcomed me and a full house of young and young at heart audience members to The Centre, Birchington for Sleeping Beauty; all eager to meet the cast of young talented performers of all ages and be dazzled by the lights, costumes, set design and join in with the pantomime fun.

As the story of Beauty was told, we were not disappointed. There were plenty of opportunities to be dazzled, to laugh, shout out loud, boo, sing, dance and join in with the obligatory ‘it’s behind you!’ and ‘Oh no it isn’t!’. This production of Sleeping Beauty had everything you expected and more including the wicked Maleficent, three good fairies, and of course a Muddles and Dame Dolly.

Congratulations to the cast, crew and everyone involved behind the scenes to create this piece of pantomime magic. As you entertained the audience, you cleverly embraced and transported us to a fairly tale land. A world far removed from our everyday lives, at the moment. It felt so good to finally be back in Pantoland. In fact there were so many super performances to mention both from young and older cast members! Your enthusiasm shone through, a few dropped lines but who cares it’s Panto and that’s part of the fun. Thanks for keeping this peculiarly British form of theatrical entertainment alive and keep up your community Panto.

Directed by Beckie Clark who also brought us superb costumes, with impressive chorography by Lauren Friday, this show ticked all the boxes for me... well done!!!

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Gordon Harris

NODA SE  |  District 5