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Inverurie Panto

Review of the Inverurie Panto with show details, times, dates and where to buy tickets to the Inverurie Panto:

The Inverurie panto 2011 is Aladdin and runs from 10 to 24 December at the Town Hall. There is a mixture of matinee performances at 2pm and evening performances at 7pm. Read the About Aberdeen Inverurie panto review for Aladdin below for further details.

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Inverurie Panto Review

The Inverurie panto has quickly established itself as a fun annual event in the About Aberdeen calendar and something we eagerly look forward to watching. Once the live orchestra take their seats and the curtain goes up we know we are in the company of some fine friends and will have a great night's entertainment. The wide smiles from all the performers are ever so infectious and within minutes the audience are smiling back and laughing out loud at the many jokes. Being a local production there are many jokes about Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire ranging from Stewartie Milne, Pittodrie and the annual friendly dig at Kintore! It is such a treat to hear a performance spoken in Doric with much use of the dialect throughout the performance, including Doric singing and jokes that leave locals rolling in their seats.

The Inverurie pantomime is also a visual treat with their colourful scenery, professional costumes, smoke effects, sound effects like bangs and flashes that get the unexpected audience jumping in their seats and the highlight of the 2011 Inverurie panto: the flying carpet which glides Aladdin (Ailsa Davidson) soaring high above the audience.

Aladdin

Aladdin follows the much loved Arabian tale of the young lad who falls in love with a Princess story, but with a Doric twist. So we have clever character names like Foo Al (Rachael Watson) and Foo Young (Steph Bruce) as well as Nae Lang Noo (Anna Emslie) and Foo Lang Since (Kyra Rostron) which leads to some hilarious exchanges between the characters and giving some marvellously witty innuendos for the adults and funny interactions for the children.

Laura Pike plays a deliciously wicked baddie as Abanazar from her first dramatic entrance to the stage through to her final demise with The Empress (Jill Hay) in an entertaining magic exchange with the Genie of the Lamp, played by a wonderfully camp Ryan Peacock who hams it up for all he's worth strutting round the stage in his fancy clothes and has the audience eating out of his hand.

Aladdin Panto Poster

The comedy duo of Aladdin is played by Inverurie pantomime regulars Gavin Davidson (Widow Twanky) and Richard Garden (Wishy Washy) who have quickly established themselves as the Shires leading panto double act. They literally bounce of each other on stage, not just during their energetic slap stick routines but verbally too as they effortlessly exchange comedy routine with such twinkles in their eyes. Their unique method of using a trebuchet to catapult sweeties to the children in the audience was so much fun from the moment the orchestra put on their hard hats through to the happy chomping noises of satisfied kids. Their colourful costumes cheered a drab December night, especially Widow Twanky's girdle with hanging bras and pants.

One of the many joys about the Inverurie panto is seeing familiar faces in the cast, from regulars like Steph Bruce and Rachael Watson to wee Mikey Smith whose constant grin is the highlight of the show. Mikey steals the show in a clever sketch with Wishy Washy and Widow Twanky which Aberdeenshire audiences will fondly remember for years to come. As I write this Inverurie panto review it still makes me chortle! This clever witty sketch is worth the price of the ticket alone.

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The dance routines during Aladdin are seamless and must have taken months to perfect. These range from an energetic fast paced Jump through to 9 to 5. The singing is a delight to hear with special mention going to Aladdin's performance of the Final Countdown whilst riding the magic carpet to make his escape from the cave to save Princess Jasmine. Ailsa Davidson can give Lulu a run for her money with her heart thumping rendition of Shout and her range of singing including a romantic duet with Princess Jasmine (Sophie Hamilton) singing Something' Stupid.

Aladdin ends on a high note with love matches between Aladdin and Princess Jasmine, Wishy Washy and Nae lang Noo and Foo Lang Since and Widow Twanky and The Emperor (Stuart Youngson) and with a final sing-along, including Happy Birthday to two children in the audience, we left with a warm glow eagerly anticipating next year's performance of the Sleeping Beauty.

Ticket prices to the Inverurie panto can be found at their website www.inveruriepanto.com with various ways to buy tickets online or by phone.

There is ample parking near to the Inverurie Town Hall including car parks to the rear and front of the building with several disabled spaces. The rear ramp doors to the hall are opened to allow easy access for wheelchair users and those who find the front steps difficult.

The Inverurie Panto is about two hours long with a fifteen minute interval during which delicious Mitchell's ice cream is for sale. A programme is for sale which gives the history of the production, cast and crew photos and biographies and details of the charities that the Inverurie pantomime supports.

Locals restaurants in Inverurie for those looking for a pre-theatre meal include Via Roma Italian restaurants, Fennels restaurant and the Ash Vale Fish and Chip shop which has a dining area.

The Inverurie panto dates back to 1980 when HMT Aberdeen was closed for refurbishments and locals got together to hold an amateur production for the Christmas season. The pantomimes have grown since those early days and are now produced by Trap4 productions under the direction of producer Keith Donaldson and raise thousands of pounds for charities.

The Inverurie Panto 2012 will be Sleeping Beauty performed from 8 to 24 December.

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