Aladdin Jr.

This in only the second production of S'MAJIC (St Michael's Amateurs Juniors in Concert), the company was only formed last year, and I was amazed and impressed with the improvement that has developed over the last twelve months. 

The age old story of Aladdin is told with the Disney magic, and based on the Disney film screenplay 1992.  The story unfolds through the two narrators, with good strong portrayals from Aladdin (Jenny Coney-Ritchley) and his pretty Princess Jasmine (Sophie Bingham).  Jafar (Liam Greenwood) made a bold nasty and his sidekick Iago (Issac Hughes-Dennis) delighted his audience with his very funny interpretation of his character.  All the other principals were equally worthy of praise.  

The delightful songs were beautifully sung and performed with competence by the whole company, along with slick neat choreography that only enhanced the production. The costumes were colourful and pleasing in all colours of the rainbow with sparkle a-plenty.

A word of praise for the people who are training these youngsters, their stage craft shone through, and the joy showed on their faces as they thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Quite S'MAJIC-ical performance, Keep up the good work. 

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