So it’s my second panto this month and last night I headed over to the Pavilion Theatre in Rhyl for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs starring the brilliant Sue Holderness.
The story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is one of the most popular and well known. The beautiful and kindhearted princess Snow White (Laura Loutit) charms every creature in the kingdom except one – her jealous stepmother, the Queen (Sue Holderness). When the Magic Mirror proclaims Snow White the fairest one of all, she must flee into the forest, where she befriends the lovable seven dwarfs. But when the Queen tricks Snow White with an enchanted apple, only the magic of true love’s kiss can save her.
It was a packed out theatre last night for the show and all ages were waiting with excitement for the show to start, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a panto that is probably one of the favourites with the panto lovers and this year’s show is headed up by Sue Holderness (Only Fools and Horses / Still Open All Hours) who plays the Wicked Queen brilliantly, I loved the way she portrayed the character and she certainly pulled in the boys from the theatre audience during her time on stage.
Bringing the comedy factor to Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs was Andrew Agnew (CBeebies Balamorey) playing the part of the court jester and our host throughout the evening Muddles, with typical Jester style “bad” jokes, Andrew certainly brought the house some great laughs throughout.
Making a welcome return to Rhyl is the queen of pantomime dames Charles Burden who is playing the part of the glamorous role of Nursie. There is nothing like a dame and Charles plays a great, although sadly the children in the audience were rather noisy and the constant chatter did, at sometimes, overshadow the early time that he was on the stage, but none the less, superb.
Aiden Banyard is the Prince in the panto and he certainly has a presence on the stage as the royal love interest of both Snow White and The Queen, I did find that maybe some of the notes were a little hard for him to reach in some of the songs, but still a worthy panto performance overall.
Laura Loutit brings Snow White to life on the Rhyl Pavilion’s stage and considering that this is her “first job” fresh out of drama school you did a great job with her performance as one of possibly pantomime’s favourite lead characters.
Let’s not forget the Seven Dwarfs brilliant played by George Appleby, Willie Coppen, Charlotte Fawbert, Ben Holm, Jamie Legg, James Lusted and Craig Salisbury. I loved the musical numbers and the comedy numbers that they all performed and although names were changed, mainly down to Disney, the characters of Twitcher, Grouchy, Soppy, Sneexer, Kip, Smiler and Pop were fantastic.
There is a full supporting cast which includes two local talented dance schools, The Gay Harris Dancers and The North Wales School of Dance.
With lovely set design and some surprises such as the revealing of the Dwarfs’ house, great use of lighting and music, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is another Pantomime that is worth seeing but hurry you only have until the 31st December 2019, book your seats now, tickets are priced from £11. Booking now on 01745 33 00 00 or at www.rhylpavilion.co.uk
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Summary
A fun night out for all the family and of all ages.
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
