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Pantomimes 2020 round-up: what s available online | reviews, news & interviews Pantomimes 2020 round-up: what s available online Pantomimes 2020 round-up: what s available online Children and adults are catered for by Veronica LeeMonday, 21 December 2020 Cinderella I did worry that pantomime – that most audience-driven of theatrical pursuits – might not work through the tube, but Nottingham Playhouse s warm and funny show dispels any doubts. Pandemic jokes abound (the audience must be smelly because they re sitting far apart, for instance) in writer-director Adam Penford s inventive romp. Cinderella I did worry that pantomime – that most audience-driven of theatrical pursuits – might not work through the tube, but Nottingham Playhouse s warm and funny show dispels any doubts. Pandemic jokes abound (the audience must be smelly because they re sitting far apart, for instance) in writer-director Adam Penford s inventive ....
New West End comedy The Comeback now has to close Credit: Marc Brenner The Government’s decision to move London and most of the rest of the country first into Tier 3, and as of December 31, Tier 4, is devastating for the capital’s theatres. Around 30 venues had reopened, with producers taking a major financial risk – only to be forced to close again, with ticket-holders losing out on their Christmas cheer. There is no official word on when venues can reopen. If you had booked, or were thinking of booking, for a show, here is the latest status on London’s productions, plus some of the online entertainment that is going ahead. In some form, at least, the show will go on. ....
Verdict: A delicious nut roast Rating: The first of this year’s cornucopia of Christmas Carols opened this week with the revered Simon Russell Beale as Ebenezer Scrooge at London’s Bridge Theatre. And, wholesome and nourishing though Sir Nicholas Hytner’s adaptation of Dickens’s festive tale is, it is, in all honesty, more nut roast than turkey with all the trimmings. I suspect the story’s appeal is that like Scrooge, we’re all hoping to awake from the nightmares we’re enduring, feeling rejuvenated. But SRB is not the usual lean, mean stick of a Scrooge tormented by the ghosts of his past, present and future. A naturally warm actor, he’s more melancholic miser than full-on curmudgeon. In fact, with his plump figure and beard, he looks a lot like . . . Santa. ....