Book your seats early for our 2016/2017 pantomime as Allan Stewart, Andy Gray and Grant Stott lead the cast in another unmissable King’s Theatre panto! Read more …
Pantomime is loud for a small pair of ears, Spectacular sights can sometimes cause tears!
If bringing a little one, please be aware one or two scenes are intended to scare.
The odd naughty joke for grown-up laughter Ensures that we all finish Happily Ever After.
For very little ones there might be sensory overload and some of the jokes and lyrics get a little lost in the hubbub (if only everyone had the diction of the good fairy) but it’s a hilarious, spectacular, glittering night out for all the family. Oh, YES it is.
Whether it wants it or not, the King’s panto has an important and unique duty in the Edinburgh stage, in that it is the first – or only – experience of theatre for so many. It is therefore vital that it is funny, involving and spectacular. Even with its drawbacks, this production scores highly on all three counts.
It’s an old actors’ rule never to work with children, but Stewart and Gray are simply brilliant at making good-natured comedy gold from whatever the youngsters do—and, as a result, it’s pretty clear that everyone leaves Edinburgh’s King’s theatre having enjoyed themselves immensely.
Jack and the Beanstalk is a shiny, glittery Christmas parcel – flashy, trashy and lots of fun.
All in all, a hugely entertaining show - highly recommended.
A jolly but perfunctory version.
It isn’t a bad show, but it is disappointing.
As subtle as a punch in the throat, when it's funny, it's as a fun, infectious confection.
It is comforting then that some things remain the same. In 2016 the tried and tested formula of the King’s Panto returns and with it some of the joy that’s been missing from this year.
King's Theatre, Edinburgh from Saturday November 26, 2016, until Sunday January 15, 2017. More info: http://www.edtheatres.com/kings
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