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Writer: Paul Wood Director: Tim Churchill Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: Just down the road and nestling in the shadow of Stoke’s Regent Theatre, the small and intimate Mitchell Arts Centre has re-opened following an extensive refurbishment and along side Christian Paul Productions are producing their first professional Pantomime. Sleeping Beauty may not have big name [...]

Writer: Richard Gauntlett Director: Richard Gauntlett Choreographer: Dee Jago Musical Director: David Carter Reviewer: Glen Pearce The Public Reviews Rating: It’s not often that The Rocky Horror Show anthem ‘The Time Warp’ features in a pantomime but, for Norwich Theatre Royal’s Sleeping Beauty, its inclusion is just one sign of a production packed with inventiveness. In these [...]

Writer: Rufus Norris based on original story by Charles Perrault Music and songs: Catherine Jayes Director: Sarah Esdaile Reviewer: Sue Cartwright The Public Reviews Rating: Sleeping Beauty has, of course, had many guises in the form of a ballet, pantomime and, the most famous version of all, Walt Disney’s 1959 film, but they share only the title as [...]

In the immortal words of Slade … IT’S CHRISTMAS! Well, not quite yet, but we’re well on our way to the festive season as December approaches. Theatres up and down the country are accordingly decking their auditoriums with boughs of holly and inviting the sort of silliness that at any other time of year would [...]

Libretto: Marius Petipa Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Artistic Director: Victor Smirnov-Golovanov Chorographer: Marius Petipa Reviewer: Ruth Lovett The Public Reviews Rating: Manchester welcomes the Moscow City Ballet back to the Palace Theatre for a very brief time performing the classic ballet Sleeping Beauty. The story is a well-known one; the princess Aurora is born in to a fairy kingdom [...]

Writer: George Wood Director: Fenton Gray Reviewer: Ian Foster The Public Reviews Rating: Richmond Theatre’s pantomime Sleeping Beauty was originally scheduled to feature Brian Blessed as a wicked wizard but he was forced to withdraw at late notice due to a health issue and fortunately long-time friend of the theatre Anita Dobson was able to fill in as [...]

Writers: Mark Chatterton & Sarah Nixon Director : Mark Chatterton Reviewer: Sarah O’Toole The Public Reviews Rating: Everyone who has ever been a child (oh that means all of us) will know the fairytale of Sleeping Beauty, but if you go along to the Liverpool Everyman Theatre to see this year’s Rock and Roll Panto, be prepared for [...]

Writer: Eric Potts Director: Kevin Shaw Reviewer: Helen Jones The Public Reviews Rating: It’s that time again, and the Coliseum have dragged all the old pantomime jokes out of the cupboard kicking and screaming. They’ve thrown in a few topical jokes too. All this is par for the course: but the problem is that a couple [...]