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Sleeping Beauty (King's Theatre, Glasgow)

Sleeping Beauty (King's Theatre, Glasgow)

(5 stars)13 Dec 2007

The pitch It’s time for Princess Beauty to put away childish things, say goodbye to her childhood friend Chester the Jester (aaawwww!) and get ready for some right royal action. Carrion the witch and Norval her son (or is he?) have other ideas, however…

Eeting Beauty

Eeting Beauty

(4 stars)13 Dec 2007

The pitch In the self-referential world of the Pantosphere, baby Bess is the daughter and niece of a celebrated Ugly Sisters double act, while her mother has been asleep for 100 years. Set to suffer the same fate on her own 18th birthday, she is cursed…

Cinderella (Pavilion Theatre)

Cinderella (Pavilion Theatre)

(4 stars)13 Dec 2007

The pitch Poor Cinders: Her life sucks — for one thing, her old boy has married the worst thing since C Difficile. Can she break away from her domestic bondage? Only with help from her friend Buttons and some heathen magic from her fairy godmother. Will…

Cinderella (Brunton Theatre)

Cinderella (Brunton Theatre)

(3 stars)13 Dec 2007

The Pitch With an utterly Hondless dad, two suspiciously virile sisters and buttons the besotted servant to contend with, Cinders has her hands full. The sisters, who already have access to more balls than you’d think, are determined to keep her away…

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (King's Theatre, Edinburgh)

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (King's Theatre, Edinburgh)

(3 stars)13 Dec 2007

The Pitch Gertie’s (Allan Strewart) circus is in a soapy bubble, unable to draw audiences or pay its rent. Never mind, though, for daughter Goldilocks (Claire Dargo) adopts three bears who prove to be a hit. But Goldilocks has troubles of the heart with…

Jack and the Beanstalk (Cumbernauld Theatre)

(3 stars)13 Dec 2007

The Pitch Poor Jack (David Ashwood) spends his time milking the curiously udderless Buttercup in an effort to help his mother (Calum Beaton) stave off the bailiffs. Forced to get rid of the old cow, Jack comes across circus entrepreneur Monbodo (Andy…

Jack and the Beanstalk (Cumbernauld Theatre)

(3 stars)13 Dec 2007

The Pitch Poor Jack (David Ashwood) spends his time milking the curiously udderless Buttercup in an effort to help his mother (Calum Beaton) stave off the bailiffs. Forced to get rid of the old cow, Jack comes across circus entrepreneur Monbodo (Andy…

Jack and the Beanstalk (Dundee Rep)

(4 stars)13 Dec 2007

The Pitch Plucky young Jack (Kevin Lennon) and his yummy mum Alice (John Buick) are facing eviction, so Jack is dispatched to Dunbletherin’ market to sell prize cow Susannah. When the unfortunate bovine ends up in the grubby mitts of rogue debt…

Jock and the Beanstalk

Jock and the Beanstalk

(3 stars)13 Dec 2007

The Pitch Somewhere in rural Scotland in days of yore, Jock (Iain Johnstone) has some issues. Perhaps the greatest of these is his flatulence, which takes no prisoners, regardless of his circumstances. But moreover he wouldn’t work in a barrel of yeast…

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

(3 stars)13 Dec 2007

The Pitch It’s not only posh kids from Bloomsbury who get to go flying with the boy who never grows old, now it’s regular kids from Glasgow who hear the tap on their fifth floor window and set off for an awfully big adventure. While the parents go to an…

Pantomonium

Pantos - Pantomonium

29 Nov 2007

Pantomime is the theatrical version of the Woolworth’s pick and mix counter: sickly sweet, and full of unnatural additives. But once you’ve had your first bite you can’t stop until you feel sick. So, as the panto season begins for another year, The…

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