Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

The small 4 piece band opened the show, sounded great and set the tempo for the evening which was full of great performances, song choices and staging.

The sets worked well in this production with the Magic Mirror to stage left and in the second half a fantastic dwarfs cottage complete with little beds upstairs. The sets and props were lovely and the costumes were absolutely stunning. I loved Black Wings wings which looked so effective. The sound and lighting were absolutely spot on for every scene and character with no lapses whatsoever.

The script worked well, was funny, well directed and drilled in both diction and dance moves. The dances looked effective and allowed varied abilities to all look good.   The songs chosen were a good mix of genres and suited the scenes and personalities of the cast.

And so to the cast. The chorus all played their parts well and contributed to the overall effect of the pantomime.                                                                                                     

Emma Fairhurst was wonderful as Fairy Goodheart delivering her lines in rhyme and an Essex accent- very funny. Professor Wonderwings, her boss was played with grace and humour by Marie Lloyd. The pair worked well together.

Vicky Dilworth apart from directing the show also played Queen Caligula. Her delivery was fantastic and she welcomed every boo thrown at her. Her songs had great vocals and delivery with fabulous diction. Her sidekick Black Wing was really well played by Danny Murray who portrayed the sneaky baddie with great humour. Ruby Quinn was a lovely Speak True (Magic Mirror) and delivered her lines well.

Snow White was beautifully played by Emma Benson who looked the part and interacted with the dwarfs really sweetly. Emma played well opposite Rachel Lyon who performed very well as Prince Frederick. Their songs were well chosen and performed.

The children playing the dwarfs were absolutely brilliant. Ruby O’Neil was brilliant as TD and had a cheeky smile the whole way through. Ruby Bailey as Grouchy was so funny with her gruff little voice and cross little face keeping in character throughout. Scarlett Harrison and Harry Thompson were fabulous as Snoozy and Sniffly both adopting their namesakes as characteristics through every scene. Ruby Haynes as Cheerful was very funny and Rachel Hogg as Dozy was fabulous. Finally Disney played beautifully by Amy Louise Whitfield kept her character which was mute throughout which must have been difficult. Every one of them had lovely singing voices and put in great dance moves. Well done to each of you for keeping me entertained throughout the show.

Bogwort and Stinkwort were the idiot comedy duo played by Aileen Wiswell and Erin Hogg. This pair were very funny and bounced well off each other and their comic timing was great.

Danny Dumpling was brilliantly played by Louise Morris who lit up the stage every time she was on it. Again great comic timing and nice vocals to add to her skills. Every kid in the room was on her side and she connected with the audience brilliantly.

The final piece of the casting was in Dolly Dumpling and this was played fantabulously by Andrew Marsh who again reacted brilliantly with the audience especially on the Community Song kids chosen to go on stage. Andrew’s costumes looked amazing and his delivery of comic lines (some of which were written with adults in mind) was great. A very enjoyable performance.

The whole show was very well put together and the cast and production team had clearly had a ball in rehearsals and show week but had drilled the show meticulously. Well done to everyone involved on a great show.

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