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Suki Webster as Sweet Shop Suki and Paul Merton as Sarah the Cook (Craig Sugden)

REVIEW: Dick Whittington, Richmond Theatre (2023)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:16 December 2023
Post category:London but not West End Pantomime Review
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Paul Merton out-dames the dames! “How lovely to have such a warm hand on my entrance!”Sarah the Cook Suki Webster as Sweet Shop Suki and Paul Merton as Sarah the…

Potted Panto Garrick Theatre CREDIT Geraint Lewis

REVIEW: Potted Panto, The Garrick (2020)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:7 December 2020
Post category:Pantomime Review West End
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Long, lanky Dan (Daniel Clarkson) and controlling Jefferson (Jeff Turner) explain the concept and argue about the details. We start with Jack and the Beanstalk with Dan's interpretation of a title character being an ornate, lengthy green tube of a sprouting beanstalk. As an audience member you may well be several steps ahead of the actors on the punchline but hey, it feels good to be proved right!