We finished the Christmas Holidays with a visit, with friends, children and family, to the traditional pantomime at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft.
Toot and I had a great time and all the children laughed cheered, hissed and booed in accordance with tradition.
Widow Twanky, the pantomime dame, was played by a man in drag, but contrary to usual tradition the principal boy was actually a man rather than a girl in male attire. The overly buxom Widow together with her gormless son Wishy-Washy run the Emperor of China's Laundry in old Peking. Her other son Aladdin, the story's protagonist battles the wicked wizard Abanazar for possession of the Magical Lamp and the hand of the Emperor's daughter fair Princess Jasmine.
As is tradition in the British Theatre, the story-line plays second fiddle to showcasing actors and actresses better known for more mainstream roles on television and stage, pop songs, slapstick comedy and children from local drama schools. British Pantomime is not known for its subtlety or its political correctness but it can be a right proper laugh. Audience participation is encouraged:
"Oh no it isn't..............Oh yes it is"!
The Pantomime this year at the Marina Theatre is undoubtedly the most professional we have seen to date and if you live near by Toot and I would recommend that you purchase a ticket before the show closes toward the end of January.
My grand daughter Jasmine saw Mother Goose at a Theatre in Watford and as she said to us
"A dancing and singing duck is not something you see every day"!
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