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jacey ([personal profile] jacey) wrote2009-02-01 11:11 am

Well, Slap My Thigh...

Went all the way to Birmingham yesterday to see John Barrowman in pantomime (Robin Hood). I'm a sucker for a good panto anyway and this was truly, gloriously silly. Barrowman is such a ham, he's perfect. (And the rest of the cast were also excellent.) Plenty if innuendo, lots of good singing, some very decent dancing and a bit of ice skating, too.

The whole thing was so good humoured; I haven't laughed so much in a long time. Well worth travelling from Huddersfield to Birmingam in cold January.

Americans, it has nothing to do with mime artists. If you don't grok pantomime look here.

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[identity profile] heleninwales.livejournal.com 2009-02-01 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
John Barrowman is definitely brilliant in panto. I saw him in Cardiff a couple of years ago in Jack and the Beanstalk. and it was a wonderful evening. It was the last night and the cast were still obviously having a hoot.

[identity profile] birdsedge.livejournal.com 2009-02-01 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, this was the penultimate night and everyone was having fun.

[identity profile] klwilliams.livejournal.com 2009-02-01 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm jealous. It's sounds like it was a lot of fun.

[identity profile] maeve-the-red.livejournal.com 2009-02-02 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
And wasn't the ventriloquist good? (Which is not something I thought I'd ever say)

[identity profile] birdsedge.livejournal.com 2009-02-03 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, he was bloody brilliant - both with and without the dummy.