Saturday, 15 December 2012

Thameside Theatre Cinderella Pantomime Review 15/12/12 2:30PM

Welcome to the Cinderella Pantomime Review at Thameside Theatre! Here is a full review with parts the show told as well as effects and cast so if you still waiting to see the show PLEASE DO NOT READ SPOILERS ALERT!

Cast List:

Fairy Flustered - Gemma Bissix

Fairy Superior – Lydia Fraser

Cinderella – Eloise Smith

Buttons – Chris Simmons

Muriel Hardup – Wain Douglas

Millicent Hardup – Andrew Lazarus

Dandini – Stevee Davies

Prince Charming Jamie Jukes


Once Entering the auditorium the magic is set with candles on the walls as well as banners of night sky and a well themed stage coving up all the lights, effects and speakers at the bottom of stage with scenery as well as the curtains with scenery at the top.

The show started at 2:36PM with the opening announcement done by Buttons. Then the music starts with good time as the moving heads go around the audience disco balls are springing to get everybody ready. The show starts with Fairy Flustered introducing herself and then Fairy Superior introduces herself. The show then opens as the fairy's sing then dash off as Cinderella comes on followed by Buttons in a song with prince charming and Dandini. and the dancers to welcome everyone to the panto. The dancing was great part from a few errors with the children dancers. Buttons entered with the bill theme playing. The 2 evil stepdaughters enterted though the real of the auditorium walking down to the stage. During a scene Buttons accidently ripped 1 of the dames dressers which was not meant to happen but was funny to watch as the dame replied with you ripped my dress! After a another song there's a blackout and then the 2 dames enter dressed in Im a Celeb clothes with the theme music playing as they are in the jungle. After a few muck ups the dame starts joking by saying that's a quick costume change. Fairy Flustered deecrised as a old lady enters in a funny way on a mobility scooter with L on the back.

After that Cinders meets the prince where they perform a song together. Before the end of act 1 Buttons try's to cheer Cinderella after the evil stepsisters rip her invite to the royal ball! Fairy Flustered helps by making her wish come true. A song is sung while the black tabs close so a carriage can quickly be placed on stage and then Cinderella makes her way to the ball.
 
Act 2 opens with Fairy Flustered and Superior. Then we see the ball where good time is performed. The evil stepsisters enter at the ball and tell some jokes about Grays girls and poking fun at the audience. They argue over the prince of who should be his princess. The prince accidently steps on one of there dressers and prince starts laughing as he breaks and step sisters say he broke my dress the prince continued to do he's line while trying not to laugh. The Balley was great as the dames come on in tue tues doing balley and bursting almost every ballon then one bursts right under Wains...You guest it gooles. Its then time for the monster scene and as the dames enter the first thing one wain says is iv got my dress on back to front as he had the pumpkin on the wrong way. They sing there favourite songs which includes dancing to GANGNAM STYLE then they sing gimme gimme gimme by ABBA as the monster tiger appears. The dames come back on i the next scene by joking by saying that's a quick change i tell ya! While trying to do a scene with Buttons they just couldn't get there lines out which was so funny and had to try it again. As Buttons reads the mail he had it the wrong way round and turns it which aint meant to happen. He gets his lines wrong and dame says you get it wrong and its on paper. Its soon time for the sing song which is with the stepsisters as they enter from the back of the auditorium. They sing xmas melody's after the messages which they did a great job at picking on the audience. Buttons picks the winning the team and does the melody super fast as the dames go get changed. There were no sweets given out this year. It then time for the finale with happily ever after performed by Fairy Superior as the cast do there bows and prince charming and Cinderella share a kiss then the curtains close and lights come up.


The Evil Stepsisters played by Wain Douglas and Andrew Lazus did a great job as the dames making everyone laugh throughout with there jokes even though they kept mucking up and laughing it made it even funnier as they tried and continued. They were really funny while talking to the audience two.


Buttons Played by Chris Simmons did a great job at his part he mucked up a couple times but continued and made it more funny.


Cinders Played by Eloise Smith did a great job at the part with an amazing singing voice.


Prince Charming played by Cameron Birch did a great job continuing while laughing cause muck ups.


All the rest of the cast where great two with great dancers and singers!


Id give this years panto a 10/10 the mistakes made make it even funnier. It was great with a bit of Gangnam Style aswell as the amazing cast i cant wait to see it again on 6th Jan and to book for next years Jack And The Beanstalk Great pantomime guys keep up the good work!


Songs Used:

One Direction – Live While Were Young

Cover Drive – Good Time

Don't leave me broken hearted tonight

 
 

Happily Ever After

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