Goldilocks & The Three Bears

It is always great to see performers enjoying themselves on stage as this ensures their audiences also enjoy themselves too and this is exactly what happened when I went to see Goldilocks and The Three Bears by Snaith & Cowick Drama Group.

This was Community Theatre at its best with everything being totally home grown from the script by Steve Boyce, direction by Lynn Tupling, choreography by Seamus McEnroe and costumes and props by Steve Boyce and Martyn Broom, everyone doing their bit to ensure the final production was a success, and it was.

As well as writing the script, Steve Boyce also played Dame Dolly Donut, a larger-than-life character, who, in true Dame tradition wore a different, more outrageous costume each time he entered the stage, all complete with matching wigs and shoes. Steve was the lynch pin of this summer panto and made sure everyone in the audience enjoyed what was happening.

Playing the lead character of Goldilocks was Alice Burton who had a crystal-clear voice and was perfect for this role, every line she delivered could be heard throughout the entire auditorium.

The scene for this panto is a circus and of course every circus has to have a Ringmaster, step up Louise Barker as Betty Barnum, again in a perfect costume. Louise was able to show who was boss.

In the majority of pantos you have a Simple Simon role, however here we had not one but three in the guise of Muddles, Puddles and Cuddles, played perfectly by Liam Tupling, Hamish Duffy and Caitlyn O’Sullivan respectively, each one trying to outdo the other two.

As with all good pantos here we also had the goody and baddie, Fortuna and Victor Von Glum played by Lynn Tupling and David Burton respectively, one having the powers of good and the other trying to have the powers of evil, however I did enjoy the magic tricks performed by Victor who had some excellent props.

Bobbie Bodge-It and Scottie Scarper, the brokers’ men, played by Leah Standing and Owen Broom who worked their socks off each time they entered the stage, capturing the audience’s attention with their “Can we fix it” call each time.

Goldilocks would not be the same without the three bears and here we had lovely bears in excellent costumes which contained Katie Lloyd-Nielson as Mummy Bear who also carried a puppet Baby Bear and Tony Haley as Daddy Bear, the kids, young and old, in the audience loved them.

Other characters in this piece were Kate Broom as Miss Lydia, James Michell as Rory Leo-Katz, Maria Haley as Bernice Go-Tee, Emily Brewis as Anastasia, Edith Burton as Lavinia Warren, Oliver Langton as General Tom Thumb, both of whom performed throughout the show on their knees and Jeffrey Kidd as Professor Jeffrey who also performed a superb Punch and Judy act during the interval.

All the principal characters were supported by a good chorus who helped to make this an enjoyable production.

Congratulations to everyone involved for a great afternoon’s entertainment.It is always great to see performers enjoying themselves on stage as this ensures their audiences also enjoy themselves too and this is exactly what happened when I went to see Goldilocks and The Three Bears by Snaith & Cowick Drama Group.

This was Community Theatre at its best with everything being totally home grown from the script by Steve Boyce, direction by Lynn Tupling, choreography by Seamus McEnroe and costumes and props by Steve Boyce and Martyn Broom, everyone doing their bit to ensure the final production was a success, and it was.

As well as writing the script, Steve Boyce also played Dame Dolly Donut, a larger-than-life character, who, in true Dame tradition wore a different, more outrageous costume each time he entered the stage, all complete with matching wigs and shoes. Steve was the lynch pin of this summer panto and made sure everyone in the audience enjoyed what was happening.

Playing the lead character of Goldilocks was Alice Burton who had a crystal-clear voice and was perfect for this role, every line she delivered could be heard throughout the entire auditorium.

The scene for this panto is a circus and of course every circus has to have a Ringmaster, step up Louise Barker as Betty Barnum, again in a perfect costume. Louise was able to show who was boss.

In the majority of pantos you have a Simple Simon role, however here we had not one but three in the guise of Muddles, Puddles and Cuddles, played perfectly by Liam Tupling, Hamish Duffy and Caitlyn O’Sullivan respectively, each one trying to outdo the other two.

As with all good pantos here we also had the goody and baddie, Fortuna and Victor Von Glum played by Lynn Tupling and David Burton respectively, one having the powers of good and the other trying to have the powers of evil, however I did enjoy the magic tricks performed by Victor who had some excellent props.

Bobbie Bodge-It and Scottie Scarper, the brokers’ men, played by Leah Standing and Owen Broom who worked their socks off each time they entered the stage, capturing the audience’s attention with their “Can we fix it” call each time.

Goldilocks would not be the same without the three bears and here we had lovely bears in excellent costumes which contained Katie Lloyd-Nielson as Mummy Bear who also carried a puppet Baby Bear and Tony Haley as Daddy Bear, the kids, young and old, in the audience loved them.

Other characters in this piece were Kate Broom as Miss Lydia, James Michell as Rory Leo-Katz, Maria Haley as Bernice Go-Tee, Emily Brewis as Anastasia, Edith Burton as Lavinia Warren, Oliver Langton as General Tom Thumb, both of whom performed throughout the show on their knees and Jeffrey Kidd as Professor Jeffrey who also performed a superb Punch and Judy act during the interval.

All the principal characters were supported by a good chorus who helped to make this an enjoyable production.

Congratulations to everyone involved for a great afternoon’s entertainment.

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