Battersea Arts Centre, London
*****
If you’re looking for where the party’s at this Christmas,
look no further. It’s actually at the Battersea Arts Centre. Kneehigh, the Cornish based theatre
company du jour who brought us productions such as The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The
Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and
Death have turned out a proper cracker full of joy and humour this
Christmas. With excellent songs accompanied live throughout (music by Stu
Barker, Ian Ross & Stuart McLoughlin) and the chance to get on down in the
two intervals, surely no other show in London will see you exuberantly doing
the “YMCA” as you conga out of the Grand Hall.
Photo: Steve Tanner |
Prince Charming (Philip Brodie) induces belly laughs in his
role as the posh toff romantic lead, looking for love and someone to share his
life with. Until now it’s just been pussy, the remote controlled cat. His solo Should I Take the Floor? is one of the
comic highlights. Ugly sisters (Patrycja Kujawska & Kirsty Woodward) and
panto-dame Stepmother (James Traherne) are suitably hideously mean to poor
Midnight, and her down-trodden father (Stu Godwin) has a lovely solo in which
he attempts to assert his control over his wayward family, but concedes that if
anybody needs him, he’ll be out the back.
The greatest strength of this show is the tight ensemble
work from the cast who devised the show together and as with most Kneehigh productions, we feel that we
are watching a production crafted with love and great affection for the
audience. For riotous fun and something of a much higher class than the local
pantomime, go and see this wonderful production.
This production runs until 13 January 2013.
For more information: http://www.bac.org.uk/whats-on/midnights-pumpkin/
@Battersea_Arts @WeAreKneehigh #MidnightsPumpkin
1 comment:
Completely concur, this performance was oustanding; an amazing night out for all the family.
100% agree when said it's in such a higher class than panto - in my opinion, all panto's should be like this one :)
A must see!
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