Author: Michael Hasted

SLEEPING BEAUTY at the Everyman, Cheltenham

” . . .The backbone of the shows for the past three years has been the inspired pairing of William Elliot as the dame and Tweedy the Clown as … well, Tweedy the Clown. Their magician sequence in Sleeping Beauty was the funniest thing in it with Tweedy the Conjuror revealing more music-hall skills and Willie revealing what this pantomime dame wears under her big frocks – leotard and tights – as his beautiful assistant . . . Altogether, this was one of, if not the best, pantomime produced by the Everyman in recent years and one with which it would be impossible to find fault. I enjoyed every moment.”

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JEEVES AND WOOSTER on tour

“. . . Bertie is always Bertie but I lost count of the characters played by the two butlers. Both John Gordon Sinclair and Robert Goodale (who is also co-writer) excelled in their many and varied guises. Mr Sinclair was hilarious as the short-sighted, newt-loving Gussie Fink-Nottle but I think he was funniest as love interest Stephanie . . . There was an excellent front-cloth scene which was like something out of an old music hall.”

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THE ELEPHANT MAN in The Studio, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

” . . . Merrick, as sympathetically played by Daniel Chrisostomou, is naked. His deformities are outlined with a wire frame which not only describes his grotesque shape but also acts as a cage in which he is trapped. The loose folds of repulsive skin which were also part of his disfigurement are represented by swathes of chainmail draped from the wire. The effect is brilliant and works perfectly.”

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