Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

This show got off to a great start with Fairy Goodheart (Grace Brandon) bouncing onto the stage in brightly coloured very modern costume and telling the audience the story of poor Snow White’s problems looming as she became more beautiful than the queen, her step mother. This young ‘learner’ fairy was full of great ideas but was soon brought back to reality by her boss Professor Fairy Sugar (Debs Ravera). The show took another lift with the entrance of Danny Dumpling (Will Watson) teamed up with Dolly Dumpling (Andre Dore). These two made a very fine comedy pair, causing havoc to the best laid plans of the beastly Queen (Tuesday Somers) who was helped along with her evil ideas by Black Wing (Mark Barnes) her suitably unpleasant raven. The Magic Mirror ‘Speak True’ (James Lawson) was used to great effect thoroughly upsetting Her Majesty who wanted to remain the most beautiful in the land and claim the handsome Prince Frederick for herself – a marvellously “overdramatic” performance by Jack Winrow. She arranged for the Princess’s untimely end by enlisting the services of Bogwort (Malcolm Stuart) and Stinkwort (Natalie Steele) two highly amusing but very unwilling palace woodmen. Our heroine (Lindsay Woodman) escaped into the forest where she was found by the Dwarfs! I felt that these youngsters were generally too young for the parts but I enjoyed the dancing and the chorus scenes and the choice of music and songs was modern and well sung.  This was a good family treat enjoyed by all ages.

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