The Stage

Cinderella

Published Wednesday 12 December 2007 at 15:25 by Julie Watterston

When you’ve got the best there is, how can you do better? That’s a question that the folks at Qdos must ask themselves every year and the answer surely lies with their superbly professional team who have once again made the Wycombe Swan’s panto arguably the best in the region.

Its success is owed in part to the non-headliners in the cast such as Kerry Winter who gives a strong performance as the Fairy, Michelle Potter as a very compelling Cinderella and Dean Chisnall and Jody Crosier as the energetic and youthful Charming and Dandini.

But the show also boasts some of the best leading names in the business. Dawson Chance livens up the role of Baron with his ventriloquist act and the irrepressibly outrageous Peter Robbins and Nigel Ellacott as the Ugly Sisters continue to impress year after year with their brilliant double act and fantastic costumes.

To complete the recipe for success, the multitalented Brian Conley has the enviable skill of being able to entertain a huge cross section of the audience. As stalwarts of the industry, they have all also mastered the art of corpsing so that every audience feels they are being treated to a unique performance. That, surely, is the real magic of pantomime.