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CoMad Colehill Memorial Hall December 2003 Costumes were excellent, songs just right and plot good – essentially the well-known tale with a few added twists. Princess Beauty became a typically stroppy young girl who had no intention of conforming, and humour was provided by three characters who were never quite sure what pantomime they were in – and they tried them all! The various dream sequences were a good idea as well, but went on for too long – as indeed did the entire show, which at little short of three hours was making even adults restless. Less would certainly have been more, I think. There were some lovely, confident performances all round, not least from Becky Trant, Karyn Light and Lydia Mizon as the Princess at various ages. Louise Collins and Jodie Hall (Prince Valiant and his Page) also made a tremendous impression, as did Andy Trant & Jackie Cornish as King and Queen. Danny Light acted well as Dame Pulchritude although he might have been a little more cheerful, and Pam Mizon, who also wrote the script and directed, was outstanding as the evil Maleficent the Malignant. Linda Kirkman Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo |
