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Ferndown Phoenix Musical Society Barrington Theatre Ferndown February 2006 I don’t like to have that feeling in the theatre, but at the time it was over two and a half hours since the show had started, and it was to be another 40 minutes before it ended, by which time I had really lost interest in the whole thing and was thinking longingly of my bedtime cocoa. Yet some judicious pruning would have worked wonders and made the evening infinitely more enjoyable, because the basic plot was a good one, sadly lost in a hotch potch of too many characters and an over-wordy script. Principal performances were rather patchy, but it was good to see several youngsters putting over some fine characterisations, notably Natasha Barry (Red Riding Hood), Georgina Osborne (Mary Hood), Alex Anstey (Nicky Nutz) & Dylan Mason (Bobby Boltz). And Matthew Miles (Larry the Lamb) and Harry Humphries (Nobby) were as sweet as could be, and bleated beautifully. Thank goodness that wicked wolf (Bill Mason) was stopped in his tracks before they became his supper. Linda Kirkman Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo 
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