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CoMad group Colehill Memorial Hall Colehill, Wimborne February 2005 So when Miranda the Camel (Pam Mizon & Sarah Kelsey) lumbered down the aisle accompanying her master, Ali Baba (KD Johnson), who was giving out gold and silver coins to all and sundry – except me, that is – I was laughing my head off, at least until she spat at me. Well, they did say she had a tendency to do that, and perhaps she knew why I was there… There were plenty of other things about this show that appealed too, especially the big crowd scenes, which worked well. And there were jokes and sing-along numbers galore, and some super performances. I especially liked Peter Hardwick and Jill Laybourne as Ali’s posh brother and sister-in-law, Cassim & Jelli, Andy Trant and Sally Atkins as baddies Salim the Mean & Semolina the Meaner, Danny Light and Jackie Cornish as would-be baddies Haneef & Basher and 11 year-old Ben Cornish as hypnotist Luke Intumi’ize (geddit?) But the production suffered badly from too many over-long pauses, and it was a clear mistake for the direction to have been a team effort. Now that camel seemed a strong-willed type. Perhaps next year… Linda Kirkman Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo 
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