21st November 2025
Aladdin
Banbury Cross Players, The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury
Based on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol this clever script maintained the definition of the classic Christmas ghost story whilst incorporating all the traditional pantomime characters and well worn phrases.
The eclectic choice of music was appropriate for the plot and they unashamedly used dialogue that told us exactly what the song was going to be! Bob Cratchit “What would I do if I were a Rich Man? Cue for a song! Scrooge “What type of wedding would you have”? Nora “A white wedding” Cue for a song!
It was great fun and with the youth group in the audience it was a guaranteed noisy affair with the cast bouncing off the audience at every oportunity
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