... BELFAST 'ALADDIN' IN the role of Mrs. Twankey Clarkson Rose gives a characterisation for which he is renowned in Derek Salberg's production of Aladdin at the Grand Opera House. From the opening scene to the finale the audience is under his command. He is at his finest in a I caricature of the principal boy of the nineties, and altogether his stage manner is mosi amusing. 1 lie Three ...

... BOURNEMOUTH 'ROBINSON CRUSOE' ROBINSON CRUSOE ON ICE is the best pantomime yet staged at the Westover. A solid, charming, colourful and happy production, it has the added attraction of being great fun, too. I he scenery and costumes, dc. signed by Erik, and painted by John Lewis, are the most lavish the rink have produced. In addition, ultra-violet effects have been skil fully used to ...

... MANCHESTER THE twenty-seventh international circus al Belle Vue is a well balanced mixture of turns, animal and human, drawn from several European countries as well as from America, with veteran George Lock-hart as ringmaster for the twenty-seventh time. Added to the human skill and animal intelligence, is colourful and appealing presentation. After the clowns have made their bow. .ponies ...

... WESTON-SUPER-MARE 'BABES IN THE WOOD' THIS Dan Sherry production at the Knightstone is an excellent achievement in traditional style, and if it touches with affection on aspects of pantomime which some producers to-day discard in favour of modern streamlining, it is fast moving and up to the minute in presentation. From Dan Sherry s playing of Simple Simon it is clear that ho could r.ot ...

... BEDFORD 'PUSS IN BOOTS' at ihe Royal County, Sandy Lauri presents Pu^ in Boots. .1 lovely and brilliant show, with many colourful scenes. Sandy Lauri. a ...

... HUDDERSFIELD 'LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD' THE Winter Garden Players make Red Riding Hood, at the Royal, a good repertory actors' pantomime. Nita Valerie is not only an appropriately dashing Hal the Hunter, but is also responsible for original lyrics and the choreography, Fred Ferris introduces somethinig of the atmosphere of his broadcast material as King Whacker and Josh Woolgar suggests a ...

... DOUGLAS 'CINDERELLA' COMPTON PRODUCTIONS have hit on the right balance of festive fare in their lifth pantomime at the Gaiety. Cinderella is beautifully dressed and attractively staged, con taining bright songs, a sprinkling of snappy dances and some effective comedy routines. Shirley Currie makes a handsome Prince, including Blue Star among her songs, and You. My Love,' with Joy Banks as ...

... MORECAMBE 'DICK WHITTINGTON' THE management of the Winter Gardens are presenting Dick Whittington for a short season. Delightfully staged and with a talented cast, backed by colourful scenic effects, the pantomime is proving enchanting to patrons of all ages. Jcanettc Landis. in the title part, invests the character with the story book quality demanded, having a pleasing personality and an ...

... FOLKESTONE 'ROBINSON CRUSOE' ROBINSON CRUSOE, with book, music and lyrics by Stanley Willis-Croft, which opened at the Pleasure Gardens on Boxing Day, is proving a most successful pantomime. With Avril Angers as a vivacious Robinson. Eddie Reindeer as the Dame, George Martin as young Billy Crusoe and Ovsie Noble as Man Friday, it has a wealth of comedy and vitality to make it ideal ...

... PLYMOUTH 'PUSS IN BOOTS' FEESTOONED with fun and all the traditional trappings, Emile Littter's tenth pantomime at the Palace has, as well, charming qualities quite its own. Costumes and settings are frequently of exceptional appeal, and a good effort has been made to avoid confining tunes for singing and dancing to the ordinary run. The chief dispensers of comedy, Syd and Max Harrison, as ...

... DERBY 'JACK AND THE BEANSTALK' A DERBY pantomime is always an outsize box of good things, ensuring pleasure for both children and their escorts. Hippodrome patrons have come to know this fact throughout the years, and this S. H. Newsome presentation, which opened on Christmas Eve, does not belie the guarantee. It is good, all-round homely pantomime, in spirit, spectacle, and comedy, and, ...

... CHESTER 'JACK AND THE BEANSTALK' 'THROUGHOUT Teddy Carlton's 1 long associations with the Royalty he could scarcely have pro duced a pantomime of greater colour and attraction than this year's Jack and the Beanstalk. The essential ingredients of pantomime have been put into the production. Lilting music, the comedy antics and tricks of the comic trio the Dame, King Coddcm and Simple Simon ...