... BROMLEY JACK AND THE BEANSTALK' JACK and the Beanstalk, the fourth pantomime of the successful Goss and Poulson regime at Bromley New, has been written by David Poulson and Shaw Taylor and directed by Mr. Poulson. Two guest artists have been called in to augment the versatile resident company, Raymond Dyer as the Dame, and Jacqueline Mur ray, a soprano of outstanding at tractiveness who plays ...

... CAMBRIDGE 'TOAD OF TOAD HALL' THE production of Toad should be light, but yet serious, creating a willing suspension of disbelief, it unbalances the fantastic reality of the clvaracters to put the play into the little-girl framework that is right for Alice in Wonderland, where Alice is an integral part of the story. Unfortunately, Toby j Robertson's production of the play. 1 to be seen ...

... CARLISLE 'PUSS IN BOOTS' PETER MERRILL tells the clowning Jimmy Warren during one soene, Don't believe anything unless you see it. Jimmy Warren, you see, had been boastful for a gag, and hung his head in shame when found out. Fraser Neal. who presents ms eleventh annual pantomime at Hex Majesty's, Carlisle, could on the contrary be boastful of this produc tion. and he need never hang down ...

... CHELTENHAM 'CINDERELLA' CINDERELLA, Frank Maddox's fourth pantomime at the Opera House, is designed to lure people from the small grey screen in the back-parlour. It has everything TV has not--tinsel and glitter, dazzling colour, the sheen of satin and the sparkle of jewels. characters much larger than life- size, abounding vitality, particularly from an accomplished team oi equilibrists, ...

... CREWE 'CINDERELLA' CREWE'S Christmas pantomime Cinderella is presented by 1 the young in heart and for the bene fit of the young in heart. There are some professional j touches about the lighting effects I and the slick switch from scene to scene but this is an amateur presen- tation with 21-year-old Yvonne Nevitt, of Crewe, principal of a dancing school, as the producer. From the first ...

... COVENTRY 'ROBIN HOOD AND THE BABES IN THE WOOD' AT the Coventry Theatre Mr. Sam Newsome has taken two of our most familiar and exciting semi-historic legends and welded them into a story which, beautifully dressed and presented in magnificent settings, further enhances this theatre's reputation for pantomime. Pauline Grant is the director and her production is designed as a coherent entity but ...

... FARNHAM 'ME AND MY GIRL' WITHOUT doubt, Me and M> Girl at the Castle Theatre, Farnbam, is excellent entertainment. From the moment the curtain rises on a charming set by Robert Selbie, to the last strains of the ever- popular numbers like The Lam beth Walk and Me and My Girl the audiences are delighted. Everyone concerned is to be con gratulated. All the Company work with enthusiasm and zest. ...

... LIVERPOOL 'CINDERELLA' HOWARD and Wyndham's production of Cinderella opened at the Royal Court Theatre on Friday evening, December 19. Devised and directed by Freddie Carpenter, probably the most last ing impressions the majority of those who sec it will have, will be the exquisite costumes and settings, the delightful ballet scenes, the knockabout comcdy and the excel lent use made of the ...

... 'DICK WHITTINGTON' BARRY WOOD is hack at Malvern's Festival Theatre with another of his well contrived, carefully balanced productions, this year Dick Whittington. Following the current fashion there is a male hero, played with assurance and most likeably by Jimmy can, singing tuneaul numbers. Denise Fayne. as Alicc, moving with marked grace, is busier with dancing than with song. The ...

... PERTH 'ALADDIN' OPENING on Tuesday night, December 23, the Perth Theatre pantomime Aladdin thoroughly upheld Perth's tradition for success in this sphere. James Montgomery's production again has a touch of inspiration, mirth and melody being so skilfully interwoven with the age-old story-- and so many touches with a real 1958 flavour being introduced. Mary Purvis and John Mellon, with their ...

... PLYMOUTH 'LITTLE MISS MUFFET' AFTER being closed for several weeks the Palace Theatre, Plymouth, is ringing with laughter and applause again for Little Miss Muffet, the 13th Emile Littler pantomime to be presented there since the war. And No. 13 may prove to be lucky for the Palace, foi it stars Charlie Cairoli, that superb clown, who broke all records at the theatre on his last panto visit ...

... READING 'PUSS IN BOOTS' STANLEY & WATSON are pre senting Puss In Boots, their 28th consecutive pantomime at the Palace Theatre, Reading, for a three and a half weeks' resident season. As is customary here, the story is of paramount importance so adults and children are able to sustain their interest in this romantic fairy tale from the rise of the curtain to the tag line. What a joy it is ...