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Review: Cinderella, Bristol Hippodrome

George Wood (Prince Charming), Vicky Longley (Cinderella), Michelle Collins (The Wicked Stepmother) and Bobby Davro (Buttons).

2:21pm Tuesday 23rd December 2008

Bobby Davro is a bit like turkey, you wouldn’t go near it most of the year but at Christmas it seems the perfect choice.

Review: Jack and the Beanstalk, Theatre Royal, Bath

Lewis Bradley as Jack and Colin (ex-Doctor Who) Baker as villain Fleshcreep at the Theatre Royal Bath

12:42pm Tuesday 23rd December 2008

All the raw ingredients for a traditional panto, including, most importantly of all, a good story, are on stage at the Theatre Royal, which upholds its reputation for honest-to-goodness family entertainment.

Review: Dick Whittington and his Cat, Salisbury Playhouse

Nyron Levy as Tommy the Cat in Dick Whittington

2:23pm Tuesday 23rd December 2008

The wonderfully feline Nyron Levy, as Tommy the Cat, is an endearing star of the Salisbury Playhouse pantomime, Dick Whittington and his Cat.

Preview: New Year’s Viennese Spectacular, Forum Bath

8:57am Friday 19th December 2008

If you’re planning to shop till you drop on New Year’s Day, one place to drop in would be the New Year’s Day Viennese spectacular at the Forum in Bath or on Saturday January 3 at Salisbury City Hall.

Review: A Christmas Carol The Wharf Theatre, Devizes

8:54am Friday 19th December 2008

The Wharf Theatre chose to stage a charming American adaptation of Charles Dickens perennial favourite instead of a pantomime.

Review: Aladdin, Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

Shaun Williamson as the villain Abanazar in Aladdin at the Wyvern Theatre Swindon

8:51am Friday 19th December 2008

Aladdin, this year’s pantomime at the Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, is advertised as The 3D Adventure of a Lifetime.

Review: The Nutcracker, the egg, Theatre Royal Bath

8:47am Friday 19th December 2008

As an alternative to the jolly capers of pantomime, starting this week in the main house, the children’s branch of the Theatre Royal, the egg, is offering a tale to get your teeth into.

Review: Carthage Must Be Destroyed, Theatre Royal Bath, Ustinov

11:22am Friday 12th December 2008

Four men gather in a Roman bath to talk politics – and in particular, how they can engineer a war to shore up popularity at home.

Review: The Philanthropist, Marlborough Players

11:28am Friday 12th December 2008

The Christmas lights are on, and in town and village halls across the country it’s pantomime time – except in Marlborough where, having shot their bolt early with the Hamlet-meets-Aladdin comedy Waiting for Panto at Easter, the Marlborough Players are back with hard-hitter The Philanthropist.

Review: We will Rock You, St John's School, Marlborough

11:30am Friday 12th December 2008

Students at St John’s School certainly made their old school building rock with their latest production, and the last before the school is demolished, We Will Rock You.

Review: Absurd Person Singular by Alan Ayckbourn, Theatre Royal Bath

Sara Crowe and Matthew Cottle in Absurd Person Singular at the Theatre Royal Bath this week

11:20am Friday 12th December 2008

Ayckbourn’s comedies are not what you’d call feel-good. They make you think and they make you uncomfortable – but of course they also make you laugh, often at situations which shouldn’t be funny at all.

Review: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street The Neeld Hall, Chippenham

10:54am Thursday 4th December 2008

Sweeney Todd, Stephen Sondheim’s tale of passion, obsession, revenge and the cutting of throats, was an ambitious choice for CLOGS.

Review: Matilda and Duffy’s Stupendous Space Adventure, Watermill near Newbury

10:53am Thursday 4th December 2008

A terrible thing has happened. Every note on earth has been silenced, and unless the Lost Melody can be found, there’ll be no more music.

Review: The Nutcracker, Northern Ballet Theatre, Theatre Royal Bath

The Northern Ballet Theatre in The Nutcracker at the Theatre Royal Bath this week

10:50am Thursday 4th December 2008

To see life as a child is difficult enough, some would say even for a child these days, but Northern Ballet’s Nutcracker, from the imaginative David Nixon has a depth of childish perspicacity.

Review: Semi-Detached, The Clarendon Players, Wootton Bassett Memorial Hall

2:41pm Thursday 20th November 2008

Semi-Detached, the latest offering from the Clarendon Players, is a timeless comedy written by David Turner in the 1960s, touching on both universal and timeless themes.


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