There's No Business Like Snow Business! Theatre Severn announces this year's Panto
Snow White And The Seven Dwarves.
Theatre Severn
29 November -7th January 2017/18
Well having just taken the tree down from last year I find myself again talking of Christmas. I know it is rather early but Theatre Severn is already busy preparing their annual spectacle , Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
Featuring as ever the utterly hilarious Brad Fitt, the equally funny Eric Smith (BBC Shropshire’s Breakfast presenter) and, as beautiful as the guys are funny Victoria McCabe looks every inch the Snow White we all remember from our earlier days
The panto itself has become Theatre Severn's signature dish and they do do it so well. Following on from the sensational Cinderella last year, Paul Hendy (Producer) has promised the same formula and it is a winning one. He would be foolish not to bring back the three principals.
This show promises to be a must see.
The cast’s collective experience is phenomenal the Dwarves alone clock up over a hundred years of performance. Add the rest of the cast and you are looking at some serious years of experience between them.
Snow White, of course was Disney’s first full length animation dating back to the Nineteen Thirties and we have all come to love that version. Far better in fact than the Brothers Grimm’s original story. Originally the wicked Stepmother sends the hunter into the woods to kill Snow White but she also orders him to return with her heart and lungs. Ewww, enough to put you off your Turkey and Brussels:. Most unsavoury:
Disney might have had his foibles but he did bring a far more user friendly show. Interestingly it is one of the least performed pantos around the UK so let’s hope our Shrewsbury cast make it their own. Actually, they always do!
The cast look great, the costumes will amaze you especially Dame Brad Fitt’s stunning ensemble, as for Eric Smith he looks brilliant right down to his curly toed shoes, he will add his own kind of magic to the stage. Snow white, naturally is beautiful and has a smile that she needs to think about insuring. Radiant!
Right as we put thoughts of Christmas out of our heads and get on with Autumn the cast will be working hard rehearsing and preparing this show for its marathon sixty eight, yes sixty eight performances. I believe this to be one of the longest running pantos in the UK and why not? If you got it flaunt it, especially when every house will be full.
Tickets are on sale now at the box office and if you dig dig dig dig dig dig dig in your pockets you might find enough to have an ice cream too. Happy Christmas.
Owen J. Lewis
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Sofia Lewis For many years Sofia wrote here under her male name Owen J. Lewis. She is now mostly writing under her own name of Sofia Lewis. Sofia, who worked on independent radio for over ten years, lives in Shrewsbury and writes plays. She has over 15 titles published and her plays are performed all over the world. She is especially popular in America. Her poetry is also often noted and she writes reams of it most weeks. Since graduating in theatre in 1997 Sofia has been an Actor, Filmmaker, and a Secondary School Teacher. Reviewing theatre is something she thoroughly enjoys and she loves to see great theatre. As a musician Sofia is known throughout the UK she is a folk singer, and is often seen or heard around her native county singing and having fun. Sofia has contributed to loveshrewsbury.com for over a decade and enjoys sharing her views on theatre. Sofia has one daughter and grew up in Church Stretton. |
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