May the Farce be with you

This was my first visit to this lovely little theatre.  I was looking forward to seeing how they would introduce sci-fi into Jack and the Beanstalk.

This was an enjoyable show and the combination of traditional storey and the sci-fi element was well done.  I enjoyed the play on the Start Wars names.

I loved Ada Invader’s hair, played by Izzy Davies and also loved her hissing competition with one of the golden geese.  Mention should be made of Lily Palfrey who played Jack who was very good playing to the audience’s vocal reactions.

Bad guys Lord Garth Invader, Lord of the Darkside, played by Peter Goodson and Lady Nipscrew, played by Hilary Jones had a good amount boos between them and all parts were well played.  I like the Giant’s Wife played by Ted Taylor who was very light on his feet and STROP’s, played by Amanda Vincent-Perkins, enjoyment of having a screw tightened.

I should also mention Demi-Mooer who was played by Kyla Henry (front) and Suzi Brown (back) who was very expressive with their movements.  I also enjoyed the dancing from the Storm Troopers.

The set and lighting were very good and I liked the spaceship that Luke Warmwater, STROP and PMT were in, I also liked the cage in the giant’s house and the beanstalk.  The set was well designed.

The singing was provided by The Strolling Players, Andrew Dwyer, Anne Churchill and John Berry and they also joined in with asking 3 children with birthdays up onto the stage (no children with birthdays but who had birthdays next year), giving them a card with the three singers written thereon and asking them who their favourite people in the panto were.

Thank you so much Bromyard Conquest Theatre for inviting me to see you lovely panto.

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