Sunday, January 11

Tag: Sale Nomads

Cinderella – Waterside Arts
North West

Cinderella – Waterside Arts

Sale Nomads are back at Waterside Arts with their annual post Christmas pantomime.  This year Cinderella is the one in favour for the first time since 2017.  In this production we have all the usual protagonists – Cinders, Buttons, Prince Charming, Dandini and of course the ugly sisters. The Nomads have high production standards and here they work hard to keep those standards in place.  In the majority, it works.  Good actors.  Well designed and executed set.  Excellent technical execution.  The one blip – parts of the script.  Pantomime is always a derivative art form.  The basic plot, the corny jokes and so on.  Some blatant plagiarism is a little harder to handle.  Maybe the writers didn’t expect audience members to be as fam...
Dick Whittington and the Pirates – Waterside Arts
North West

Dick Whittington and the Pirates – Waterside Arts

On arrival, a buzz of excitement filled the air as the welcoming volunteers enthusiastically encouraged the young pirates in the audience to wear hats and eye patches. I was slightly concerned at this point that this panto was going to be aimed solely at the younger audience members, however, myself and my slightly cool teenage son, laughed, shouted “behind you” and found ourselves joining in with the actions to the pirate song!  With a cleverly written script by Terry Hollinshead (updated by Ross Douglas), there were cheeky innuendos and political jokes for the adults whilst plenty of slapstick kept the younger audience members chuckling. Truly something for everyone to enjoy. This joyous, colourful, rags to riches tale filled with pirates, mermaids, a hairy fairy, talking animals an...