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It's only at this time of the year that I remember I have an
allergic reaction to large groups of small children, the
collective term for which is, of course, a "Panto Audience".
Dizzy and deafened, it all came back to me in a blinding flash
at Aberdeen Arts Centre last night just a few minutes into Attic
Theatre's production of Aladdin.
The
plot and the audience may have been familiar but, for the most
part, the young cast of this year's show seems to be a new
generation of Attic Players who have obviously thrown themselves
into the spirit of the show.
The
excellent Joan Logan however, makes a welcome return to the Arts
Centre as the thigh-slapping and suspiciously alluring Aladdin.
Ricky Garden brilliantly plays her daft brother Wishee Washee
and Jonathan MacDonell is a suitably scary Widow Twanky.
Directed by Pete Thomson, and narrated offstage by a huge
smoking dragon, Aladdin is full of slapstick fun and raucous
audience participation. It runs at the Art Centre until
December 23 and is highly recommended.
Roddy Philips
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