Snow White is a top family show

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Sunday, December 11

Palace Theatre, Redditch

THE GOODIES, the baddies and of course lots of audience participation - it was all there in the latest pantomime to hit the Palace Theatre stage.

Star of the show had to be Ricky K who kept the crowd laughing throughout as the accident-prone but lovable Muddles, including a particularly hilarious scene wearing a shrunken football kit.

Former Eastenders star Stefan Booth and Helena Blackman, made famous by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s show How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria, proved to be the voices of the panto as Prince Stefan and Snow White with traditional songs mixed with chart toppers including Lady Gaga.

Woodland fairy Natalie East brought something different to the show with her aerial silks act which saw her performing a routine high above the stage and the list of principle characters was completed by Hi-De-Hi’s Nikki Kelly as Queen Grizelda, theatre veteran Peter John as the hilarious Dame Dolly Dumpling and menacing Phil W Green as Herman the Henchman.

Special mention has to go to the seven dwarfs and the rabbit who acted their parts extremely professionally considering their young ages, with barely a foot out of place.

Everything was of course pulled together by the talented group of backing dancers who ably supported the main characters.

All in all, it was a great family night out which brought the traditional fairytale bang into the modern day and delighted the audience, both young and old.

Harriet Ernstsons