Good and evil fight over London Town - with an adventure at sea in the process - in the Belgrade’s Dick Whittington.
King Rat is played with great mobster quality by Sion Lloyd, who sits on a hydraulic loo which goes up and down when he is enthroned. Great fun. He whips up a good measure of hissing and booing, nicely counterbalanced by the gutsy Bow Bells Fairy, played by Anna Mitcham.
Caroline Head is great as Dick with lots of thigh-slapping and a clear, bright voice as she ventures out to make her fortune in London Town. Andy Hockley is back again in his familiar role as the dame, this time as Sarah the Cook, with sidekick and son idle Jack played with panache by Marc Borthwick.
This is a traditional pantomime with all the essential elements, including a daft ghost joke and the cooking sketch, plus all the ‘behind yous’ you can muster.
All the songs are original and tuneful, written by Liz Kitchen and orchestrated by Tim Spencer. Incredible set design by Sarah Burton has the cast on the bow end of an enormous ship rolling on the sea. You won’t be disappointed.
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