As a veteran of some 30 pantos I never thought I’d say this, but how lovely it is to be back in panto land. It’s almost like everything is back to normal. A packed house on the Aladdin press night at Oldham Coliseum...
Read MoreThe Dukes’ annual festive performance has arrived, and this year it’s the magical tale of Aladdin. Although many of us know the tale of Aladdin, The Dukes does what it does best and presents the audience with a clean...
Read MoreThere were ructions in the pantomime world this week when it emerged that reality TV star Stacey Solomon – currently appearing in Dick Whittington in Milton Keynes – was holding a clipboard with her lines on it throughout her...
Read MoreIt’s not often that I feel like a High Court judge, but as I peruse the Aladdin cast list at Liverpool’s cosy Epstein Theatre, I experience the same sense of disconnection from popular culture that occasionally afflicts...
Read MoreTheatres are in constant pursuit of a fair rewriting of Aladdin. Originally created (and shockingly worse than the Disney take) at a time when there was less knowledge of other cultures, and stories were a powerful way of...
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