If it’s basic panto you’re searching for, then look no additional than the King’s in Glasgow. This 12 months’s conventional providing is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Helmed but once more by Glasgow’s golden panto duo Elaine C. Smith (Nurse Bella) and Johnny Mac (Muddles), this 12 months they’re joined by one other Glasgow favorite Darren Brownlie (The Man within the Mirror) a stand-out star for a few years at one other Glasgow theatre The Tron.
An enormous celebration is deliberate in Glaswegia, Snow White is about to show 21 and take the throne, however, after all her evil step mom has no intention of relinquishing her place, and has different plans to cling on to energy. Queen Cranachan enchants Bella and Muddles and sends them into the woods to kill poor Snow White. Thankfully Snow White’s loyal friends band collectively to make sure that love prevails.
Much of the night’s motion is centred on Smith and Mac’s routines which comply with the acquainted misunderstandings and bodily comedy. There are the same old pop-culture references, although some are just a little out-dated. Overall it’s a blended bag: some patter lands on the mark, some falls quick. Some scenes outstay their welcome or stretch the laughs to their thinnest. That mentioned, the central pair are extraordinarily snug with each other and the banter flows simply.
Stand-out once more is Darren Brownlie, the twirling, swirling, magnificently clad Man within the Mirror who wrings each gram of leisure out of his each scene.
The set and costume design are customary fare, the same old eye-jarring color palette, the costumes just a little missing in panto sparkle, save for Brownlie’s magnificent creation.
Snow White delivers what’s at all times promised at The King’s an enormous, conventional household panto with songs, jokes and dancing that attraction to the lots. However, one can’t assist want for a bit extra originality, some breaking of the normal norms. When you may have such expertise on stage, it’s a disgrace to not use it.
Runs till 7 January 2024
Images: Richard Campbell
