Sleeping Beauty - The Panto

The story of Sleeping Beauty is well known so there is no need for me to go in to depth with it.. However with a few twists and turns along the way it made for an extremely enjoyable night at The Fullarton Theatre.

The set was excellent as usual and the use of back projections enhanced the minimalistic set.  It is great when you have  restriced storage space for set that the use of projection can vastly enhance the picture. I am seeing this being used by a number of companies nowadays and with the continued usage of digital processes I can see it happening more often. Changes were slick and smooth, and I enjoyed the atmospheric lighting.

Princess Beuaty (Caitlin Black) was very good in her role. She sung her songs really well, and along with her other half, Prince Handsome played by (Gracie Roxburgh) made for a lovely coiuple who live happily ever after. They had good stage presence and their voices matched well.

The King and Queen played by Jim Gordon and Emma Middleton, were suitably bumbly as should be expected from the parents of the leading lady. Beauty's nurse Pinchme and Oddjob played by Colin Wilson and Idris Dean were the comics of the show. Particularly Idris whose portrayal of Oddjob had me in fits . 

The baddy Olga Pong was played by one of my favourite actors. Kay Potts has a demeanour about her that lights up the stage when she walks on whatever the part she plays. As the baddy she excelled and was suitably horrid. Along with her henchman Gormless (Alison Murdoch) they made a good team.The remainder of the cast Squint (Aidan Whan), Bounty (Liz Blacvk), Smartie (Meghan Whalen), Wispa (Holly Chalmers), Cuddles (Tyler Gilmour), and Brasso (William Byers), supported excellently.

The singing throughout the performance was very good and I thought the choreography had a nice slick edge to it. The timing was superb.

The supporting adult cast and junior chorus are always very good and it was obvious that they were all enjoying themselves to the full.

Another great show by The Fullarton, Thank you. 

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