On Panto
Forty children ages 4 – 10 were standing, intently watching the last moments of the show. The parents were amazed how involved their children were throughout the entire performance.
by Simone Nichol
Aladdin is a popular children’s story that has been adapted to the stage by James Barry who is very successful veteran panto writer and director from England. Although a story for children, James Barry ensures that there is enough double entendre’s to keep the older members of the audience interested.
Pantomime is fascinating because it is paradoxical. It is a theatre style that is innocent on the one hand and naughty on the other. It mixes the old with the new and both can sit comfortably side by side. It is eccentric yet it is normal too. So it is able to combine two diametrically opposite elements at the same time. All in all there is great creative freedom in pantomime.
