Chris Eldon Lee reviews ‘Dick Whittington’, which is at Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre until Sunday 12th of January. The Wolverhampton Grand pantomime this year is so eclectic, it’s impossible to pin it down. Panto has to be all things to all people, of course, to keep everyone happy – and last night’s full house was utterly […]

Chris Eldon Lee reviews Aladdin, which is Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn until Saturday 10th of January. Shrewsbury’s Pantomime Dame is in need of sturdy bloomers this Christmas. The innovation for this year’s panto is a heavily engineered overhead gantry, high in the auditorium ceiling, which allows Evolution Pantomimes to transport characters on a flying carpet from […]

Chris Eldon Lee reviews ‘Peter Pan’, which is at Birmingham Repertory Theatre until Saturday 19 January. The word ‘reimagining’ can strike terror into any reviewer’s fairy heart. Oh No! Someone is taking an age-old favourite tale and messing about with it until it is barely recognisable. So, you can imagine how delighted I am to […]

Chris Eldon Lee reviews ‘Jack and The Beanstalk’, which is at Theatr Clwyd in Mold until Saturday 18th of January 2020  It’s not every day you are sitting in the stalls only to be bounced on the bonce by an explosive six-foot sausage. The sausage in question is destined for the belly of the Giant […]