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Theatre & Film News Great Yarmouth’s Town Hall set to host Panto
A Biddy’s Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is back at Biddy’s Tea Room in Norwich and Aylsham this year, with performances from December 7th31st. The Keeper’s Daughter presents A Biddy’s Christmas Carol - an innovative, playful and faithful adaptation of the story of Ebenezer Scrooge; a cranky, old miser who makes life a misery for everyone who crosses his path, until an evening of ghostly visitations
Widow Twankey will be setting up her laundry in very smart
forces a change
surroundings this year as panto Aladdin takes up residence at
in him for the
the Town Hall. This will be the first show to be staged in the
better. With
Town Hall’s newly refurbished Assembly Room and will run
just two actors playing all the parts, plus puppets,
between December 22nd and January 2nd. Audiences are
improvisation and surprises, this is a gripping ghost story for
promised music, magic and comedy on a rollercoaster ride at
friends and families. This imaginative re-telling of the well-
100 smiles an hour all the way to Old Peking with panto
known Victorian tale is an hour long and is suitable for all
regular and producer Gavin Dean, joined by star villain Dave
those aged five and over. Tickets are just £10 each (£7.50 for
Higgins, comedy fall guy Jimmy Catchpole and leading lady
under-14s) and include mulled apple juice and home-made
Clare Durrant, as well as comedy magician Joshua Pickering
mince pies. Bookings can be made at:
and star of the stage Emily Johnson.
www.keepersdaughter.com and
www.GreatYarmouthPanto.com
www.biddystearoom.com
Cambridge hosts Animal Farm The animals of Manor Farm drive out the farmer and run the farm themselves. A revolution. And then what? Then freedom. Every animal will be free. Old Major, the prize boar, calls the animals of Manor Farm together. He has had a strange dream of a better future. George Orwell’s world-famous fable tells the story of a revolution and its aftermath. Re-imagined by an award-winning creative team, Animal Farm is a dynamic, daring, and contemporary take on a timeless story. The production - running at Cambridge Arts Theatre from February 8th-12th - is a Children's Theatre Partnership production in association with Birmingham Rep. Directed by Robert Icke, whose version of 1984 (coadapted and directed with Duncan Macmillan) was a smash-hit in the West End and on Broadway, this brand-new production features puppetry by Toby Olié who originally performed as ‘Joey the Horse’ in the original West End production of War Horse. www.cambridgeartstheatre.com
