... 'MOTHER GOOSE' CAUY CHARI.E'S production of Mother Goose, presented in association with Wilby Lunn at the Regal, Barnstaple, on Boxing Day, j follows the familiar pattern of using a fairy talc story as a background for a number of variety turns. The show, however, is better dressed than many of its kind and some of the scenes are ambitiously set. There are also three individual contributions ...

... BLACKPOOL 'GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS' FOR a short season London Theatre Productions Ltd. and Tench Productions Ltd. are presenting the Howard and Wyndham pantomime, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, directed by Eddie Fraser and under the personal supervision of Stewart Cruikshank at the Winter Gardens Pavilion. With a pair of principals like Betty Jumel (as Meg, the poor circus owner) ...

... BOURNEMOUTH 'PUSS IN BOOTS' AN original book full of topical and local allusions, plenty of comedy and spectaclc and first-class specialities combine with the excellent work of a talented cast to make Puss In Boots probably the best of the eleven pantomimes Emile Littler has presented at the Pavilion, Bournemouth The accent is on comedy and line chorus singing, and with Tommy Cooper as ...

... CARDIFF 'JACK AND THE BEANSTALK' THE evergreen over the garden wall act presented by Norman Evans, as Mrs. Hubbard, is put in second place as far as humour is concerned by the riotous busker scene, also led by Mr. Evans, in Jack and the Beanstalk at the New, Cardiff. However, both items go down really well. Else where in the pantomime the laughs are held up by periods which tend to be ...

... CHATHAM 'CINDERELLA' DESPITE a limited stage, Gerald Bourne's Cinderella, which opened at the Chatham Empire, on Boxing Day, with capacity audiences, proved something of a spectacle, with real cascading water fountains and a fabulous coach drawn by four real live Shetland ponies--all of which made a real change from the ice pantos which have been presented here in recent years. It is also ...

... DERBY 'QUEEN OF HEARTS' OPENING on Christmas Eve, The Queen of Hearts at the Hippodrome, Derby, must be listed very high among Derby's pantomime successes. This captivating production is a S. H. Newsome-Gwladys Stanley Laidler presentation. There are traditional and new pantomime gags and business which the comedians. Jimmy Paige, a pathetic little Knave with ready wit, easy manner, and ...

... DARLINGTON 'TOAD OF TOAD HALL' APART from being the most ambitious thing that the Loraine Theatre Company of Darlington have tackled, Toad of Toad Hall is a triumph for Roger Kemp who began his acting career at Perth. Young in years, he is ok) in experience and captures the swagger and boastlulness that pcr- onilies the great Toad. Joan Knight's casting is superb and the result is a well ...

... EXETER 'CINDERELLA' SEVENTY years ago, on Boxing Day 1889, the new Theatre Royal at Exeter presented its first pantomime, Little Miss Muffet, On Boxing Day this year the curtain went up on Cliff Gwilliam's new production of Cinderella. Mr. Gwilliam who has done so much for the live theatre in Exeter, was determined when he came to the managerial chair several years ago, that the city's ...

... FOLKESTONE 'A GOOSE FOR CHRISTMAS' FOR the last two weeks of their 29th season at the Leas Pavilion, Folkestone, the Arthur Brough Players enter into the festive spirit with their production of Archie Douglass's A Goose for Christmas. The author's transformation of his original and successful comedy Sauce for the Goose introduces j plenty of seasonal atmosphere into 1 the kind of play ...

... LEICESTER 'CINDERELLA' DESPITE the fact that the pantomime will be the last seen at the Palace Theatre, Prince Littler has given the city one of the brightest productions seen at this theatre in recent years. The story of Cinderella contains all the ingredients that go to make a happy and able repast. Well rehearsed and produced by Herbert Darsley, with the assistance of the popular ...

... LINCOLN 'ALADDIN' ALADDIN, the Lincoln Theatre Association's fourth annual pantomime at the Royal, is the most ambitious, and also the most successful to date. K. V. Moore has provided a slylish and witty script and his production moves swiftly and smoothly from the outset. Admittedly, it owes much to Sally Hulke's beautiful sets glowing oriental colour frosted with fairy tale sparkle. Mr. ...

... LOWESTOFT 'CINDERELLA' PANTOMIME'S best-loved merry-go-round. Cinderella,'' spins fast and furiously in a blaze of lavish spectacle, riotous buffoonery and tuneful colour at the Arcadia, Lowestoft. This show by F. W. Entertainments, Ltd., of Nottingham, opened on Boxing Day for a fortnight s run. Leading the mirth-making is Judy Kemp in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Olympia, Dublin, ...