Scotland’s most popular dame, Allan Stewart, is back in the greatest pantomime of them all! Andy Gray stars alongside as the lovable Buttons, and get ready to boo and hiss your favourite baddie, Grant Stott, who seems to have taken a shine to the high heels he wore in last year’s panto!
Spectacular? Yes, if somewhat taste-free. Crowd-pleasing? Indeed. Ofpants was happy for them all, but by then even he wasn't smiling.
It’s all tits and tricks in Paul Elliot’s production as Stewart, Gray and Stott whip up another batch of satirical treats.
Yes, the King’s annual trio of trouble – Allan Stewart, Andy Gray and Grant Stott – are up to their usual audience-approved mischief...it’s a bit like watching Wicked when you’ve paid up to see the Wizard of Oz – it’s just as good but all the drama happens off stage.
The story is subordinate to the driving energy of the performances.
A riot of colour, fast-paced and full of infectious energy.
Big, positive and vibrant.
If it had had a slightly more beautiful, magical script and design, allowing for a touch of poetry and a few more trditional panto flights of verbal comedy, it could easily become an Edinburgh panto to cherish.
Cinderella marks 10 years of Elliott's rapier wit in pantoland
King's Theatre, Edinburgh from Saturday December 3, 2011, until Sunday January 22, 2012. More info: http://www.edtheatres.com/kings
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