Who have you seen in panto?

[Tanith Messenger]

Which ex cast members have you seen in panto over the years?
I've seen a fair few, its always great to see them in a show where they can get away with playing jokes etc hehe best one i saw was Richard in Dick Whittington in Wolverhampton,the last night was hilarious! He got completely soaked! lol

[Roisin]

I've seen a few ex-cast in pantos. Saw Richard in DW and also Babes in the Wood in Hull. Simon Lipkin's panto (Snow White) in Swansea last Xmas was fab but Simon wasn't on stage for the first 40mins!!! Was worth the wait tho Simon Schofield in Sleeping Beauty in Wakefield. I'm getting a bit stuck now thinking back further than last Xmas, will need to go and look at my programmes, lol.

[chellie]

Graham Tudor was perfect for Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk last year at Plymouth!! He won over all the kids and they all loved him totally. But I admit I am totally biased for the guy Only downside was that they couldn't make him fly for most of the run

[Roisin]

I would've loved to have seen Graham in panto but it was just to far to go
I did go and see Shaun Dalton in Telford, and Arvid when he was in Glasgow. Ages ago I saw Mike Holoway in Newcastle, and more recently Darren in Sunderland.

[rosemary]

Seen Shaun Dalton in Sleeping Beauty in Telford (2004) and in Snow White in Rhyl (2005) and Stephen Gately in Cinderella in Bromley (2005).

[Lynda]

Sad to say I thought Cinderella in Malvern was awful.

The script and effects were the same as I saw a few years ago. costumes were very boring. Cinderella's ball gown was a dowdy grey!!!!

The chap playing Cinders dad Baron Hardup appeared to be drunk. Forgot his lines a few times.

Shaun sang about 4 songs, I can only rememebr one "Your Beautiful" which he did very well, he has a lovely deep voice. I felt he was wasted in this production, he is too good for it.

The show was 15 mins late starting which mean it was also late finishing, thereby I missed my train which would have connected me nicely with my homebound train. The later train was held up due to a bridge bashing. Consequently then had to get a bus and travel for another hour to get home. Sent my husband a text when I was on the bus re dinner, when I got back home he hadnt heard his mobile as it was in his coat pocket, and he had been upstairs using MY computer. HMPF!!!!!

Little girl in front of me could not keep still, she was about 3 years old with her mummy and Grandma, who indulged the little brat far too much. First her seat was up then her seat was down, up down up down all the time grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I do not want grandchildren. I shall never go see another panto again unless I do have grandchildren, cant stand all the racket. There was even a pre school group and babies on laps.

Perhaps I have been too spoilt seeing all the professional shows.

BAH HUMBUG.

Should have saved my money and gone to Whitley Bay or Cromer instead.

The above is no refleciton on Shaun. We saw him before the show and he happily chatted and posed for pictures. He will be looking for work in January.

Season's version to follow.

Grumpy old woman xxx

[Helen]

did i hear photos mentioned





awwww he sang your beautiful again bless him

sang it last year to

he really does have the most beautiful voice in the world

sorry your day didnt go quite as planned

hope you still had a good time & enjoyed Shaun though

all my trips seem to turn out like that these days

normally walk away from the theatre in tears

[Lynda]

Crap pics as well.. I took two of the finale but hey have turned out like an orange blob.
One of Shaun and MOI is very light. I need that new camera NOW

[Helen]

awwwwwwwww no bless you

thats not good your poor thing



thanks for your pm i have replied

[Season]

Yep have to agree with Lynda the panto in Malvern wasn't very good BUT Shaun did say before hand "remember IT IS the first one", maybe that's why he was so desperate for ciggies - he obviously knew what was coming!!

Lynda you forgot to mention how irritating the guy playing Dandini was. I couldn't sit through it again even if you paid me.

The Ugly Sisters were very odd and both had the same name at one point.

It's a real shame as Shaun was sooooooooooo good as Beast in Beauty and The Beast.

As for the songs they were instantly forgettable - other than "You're Beautiful" the only other one I remember was "B U T T O N S" and he didn't even sing that!!

Definately nothing that sticks in your head like "I'm not dead yet" or "It sucks to be me"!!!

[Lynda]

Dandini didnt bother me as much as he did you Season.

I love I Am Not Dead Yet (Spamalot), never heard the other one from Avenue Q.

Tjhe Ugly sisters were called Lily Madonna, and Daisy Brittany, bit the latter called herself Lilly Britanny hee hee. Sp we had two lillies, I like it when things go wrong.

[Roisin and Eunice]

Hi everyone, we went to see Trevor in his panto in Norwich at the weekend. It was a great show and Trevor was really good in it but wasn't in it very much. We had a nice surprise coz we discovered Philip James is in it aswell in the ensemble a lot!! So it was great seeing 2 people we know

There is a review of this show on the BBC website
www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2006/12/18/theatre_review_cinderella_norwich06_feature.shtml

We have also been to see Michael Quinn in our panto in Darlington, again he isn't in it very much as Dandini either but it was still great to see him

Also we have been to see Darren Day in Billingham, he was good in the show and sang lots of pop songs

[natalie]

I have only ever saw Darren in panto
Firstly Cinderella in Manchester as the prince then as Buttons in Sunderland and Dartford and more recently
as Jack in Jack and the beanstalk
He is fab as all characters, he includes a lot of hes famous impressions which make the audience giggle and hes singing is amazing, I thoroughly enjoy hes let me entertain you every time x

[linda shaw]

hi its linda big joe fan been to see cinderella at the plaza stockport
in the panto is lisa riley as fairy godmother
with martin daniels paul daniels son as buttons
the ugly sisters rodney ward and robert pearce
cinderella is played by naomi slater i did not know that naomi was in the panto till i txt lynda who told me that naomi was in the show she was a handmaiden in joseph
i was on row e seat 19 it was a good seat and i was not too far from the front martin deniels showered us with water from his gun and he throw sweets and crisp to us i enjoyed my self singing and clapping the only part that i was not sure about was the balloons but i still enjoyed it i am glad that i when to see cinderella naomi is a good singer i payed £12.50 for a ticket
stockport is not to far from home i get a bus to hyde and then a bus to hattersley where i live there is also a theatre in hyde called the hyde little theatre where i saw mother goose it was a firend of ours her sons little girl was a dancer in it and very good she was have a very happy new year love from lindaxxxxxxxxxx

[Lynda]

Thanks Linda, glad you had a good time at your shows.

xx