Aladdin

This is the third year that SPADS (Song, Pantomime and Drama Society) have performed a pantomime at The Broadway theatre, and in Aladdin they have produced a funny, traditional, and highly entertaining pantomime for all ages.

The music was a well-chosen and the The Boogey Boyz led by Tom Nichol were well rehearsed and tight band never too loud and worked with the performers especially when the performers disappeared into the audience.

Liam Donovan played the evil Abanazar with gusto and the audience did truly dislike him, I felt his costume not only enhanced his performance, but was also a good modern twist.  Carly Bays played the Slave of the Ring in a gentle and kind way. 

Widow Twankey played by Peter Wright was a good motherly Dame and I certainly felt sorry for Connor the poor audience member in the front row who was a good sport throughout.  Aladdin (Lewis Clarke) and Princess (Ylana Schafer-Thomson) had good chemistry and their harmonies in the duets were very good and very noticeable. 

Wishee Washee (Josh Clarke), PC Peasy (Noah Clarke) and PC Squeezy (Jordan Clarke) were the comedy trio, and they were hilarious, I particularly enjoyed their memorising different rhyming words joke and the ‘who’ and ‘what’ joke, both of these routines were well rehearsed and are hard to execute to the level they did, well done!

It was nice to see a more modern Emperor played by Alan Reilly, it was a refreshing take on the role.  Handy (Emma Cole) was a good side kick for the Princess, which she played well, including getting a face full of foam! The Genie (Laura Jeffries) has a lovely voice, which was used to great effect at the end of Act One.

Choreography by Chelsea Clarke was slick, and everyone was obviously well rehearsed, and it showed, the numbers were energetic, and the chorus looked like they were having a wonderful time, which in turn made sure the audience did too.

All the scenes were well paced, it was just when blackouts were used for scene changes that the pace dipped ever so slightly.  

I was very impressed with the flying carpet scene; I will confess to trying to find out how it was done but through the use of lights and clever staging I could not see how it was done.

I really enjoyed the production, and in particular the script written by Josh and Lewis Clarke, it was funny and paced well.  Thank you for your hospitality and I am looking forward to coming to watch your next production.

 

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