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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 [...]

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Choreography: Marcus Petipa & Peter Wright Reviewer: Iris Beaumont The Public Reviews Rating: Sleeping Beauty the well known and loved childrens fairy tale comes to life on the stage of The Lowry theatre thanks to The Birmingham Royal Ballet and what a tremendous performance it was. Having only seen amateur productions of Sleeping Beauty before, I have to [...]

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Writer: Nicholas Pegg Music/Lyrics: Carol Sloman Director: Matt Devitt Reviewer: Michael Gray We live in straitened times. So we should not be too surprised to see a cast of seven bringing us the traditional Panto tale of Sleeping Beauty. But Cut to the Chase, the resident company at the Queen’s, made a brilliant job of [...]

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Writer: Ray Spencer & Graeme Thompson Director: Ray Spencer Reviewer: Linda Barker ‘Tis the season to be jolly and nothing is more guaranteed to leave you feeling jollier than a trip to the Customs House to see this year’s riotous production of ‘Sleeping Beauty.’ Once again, the cast is led by panto stalwarts Bob Stott and Ray Spencer [...]

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