garethsmelody Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 Great review 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 Sounding like a great, great show. The Reviews Hub Among the other recognisable faces on stage we have Gareth Gates, 17 years since Pop Idol and now well established as a theatre performer. Gates looks and sounds every inch the Prince Charming, with a beautiful singing voice that we get to hear too little of in this production, though the numbers he does get to sing he delivers extremely well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethsmelody Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 Thank you 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 Another FINE REVIEW REVIEW Cinderella is still one of the most magical and romantic Panto's and when you have the chemistry between Cinderella (Hannah Grace Lawson) and Prince Charming (Gareth Gates) you are on to a winner.R E There are plenty of references to Gareth Gates time on the Pop Idol TV series - he even gets to sing Unchained Melody along with the Ed Sheeran hit Shape of You which becomes Prince Like You for the Panto.VIEW REVIEW It is one of the best Pantomime's that Nottingham has seen in many years - go along, you will have a ball. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 This is a lovely personal review An audio-visual feast, packed with all the choicest panto ingredients EATRE STAGE THEATRE ROYAL PANTO CINDERELLA ROYAL CENTRE This was our second Theatre Royal panto in as many years, having gone to Kenneth Alan-Taylor’s Playhouse rival the previous two. The Playhouse and Theatre Royal pantos are quite different experiences – the former arguably a more purist slice of panto pie, the latter closer to the razzle-dazzle of Saturday night TV. Each has their unique strengths, but it’s difficult to resist the glitz, glamour, pace and pizzazz of the star-studded Theatre Royal offering. It certainly enthralled, delighted, not to say hyped-up our 5 year old girl. With last year’s Peter Pan having set a high bar, Cinderella and co. had a lot to live up to. There’s something about the opulent rococo interior of the Theatre Royal – with golden cherubs swimming in a Lincoln green sea – that conjures instant atmosphere and crackles with expectation and promise. The theatre was built in 1865 as a "temple of drama", an aspiration perfectly realised by this Guy Barkworth-directed Cinderella. It was also hoped to be a place of “moral and intellectual culture”. Hmm…ooh look a firework! Rest assured, this ‘Fairy Godmother of all pantomimes’ is an audio-visual feast, packed with all the choicest panto ingredients. Expect lavish sets and costumes, campy song and dance routines backed by a great live band, fireworks and special effects, slapstick, endless double entendres that fly over the nippers’ heads, and loads of digs at the various environs of the host city. As shows go this is unashamedly jazz-handing at the fun, goofy, lovable end of the spectrum. Les Dennis and Connor McIntyre ditch the Corrie cobbles for clutchbags and corsets to play the suitably ‘orrible Ugly Sisters, and the original P-p-pop Idol Gareth Gates (relax, he makes the joke himself in the first half!) is our all-singing, swoon-inducing Prince Charming. Richard Cadell, ably assisted by his more famous little conjurer-companion Sooty, completes the famous half of the cast as the poor, forever friend-zoned Buttons. The less famous half of the cast were no less fab: the irrepressibly sweet Hannah Grace Lawson as Cinderella, the indefatigably cheerful Jack McNeill as Dandini, the impressively melodious Kimberly Blake as the singing Fairy Godmother and the inexcusably cute company of Theatre Royal Babes as the Fairy Godmother’s little helpers. Les and Connor were mean, obscene, rude and lewd, and did a sterling job as the comedy heart of the show, but special mention goes to Richard Cadell for his irrepressible energy and charm which earned just as many chuckles from the packed auditorium. Richard is a skilled magician and we were treated to some fantastic magic set pieces that had us fish-mouthed with disbelief. It was nice to see young Gareth Gates (he’s 35 now duck!) mucking in with the comedy, a highlight for me being a lovely slapstick routine in which Prince Charming attempted to serenade Cinderella on a wall. Cadell brought bags of energy, puckish charm and really powered the show along. Our daughter was thoroughly captivated for the entire 2 hours. If she wasn’t entranced by the glamour of the singing and dancing or cackling away at the fart jokes, she was belting out ‘she’s behind you’ and ‘oh yes it is’ with the rest of the kids, big and small. Above all else, this production has a real warmth to it. The talented ensemble cast seemed to be a having a gay old time, and even the occasional bloopers were embraced and milked for more giggles. A real labour of love that, unless your heart is two sizes too small, you’re bound to love back. Oh yes you will. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 This is an insight into the career of Hannah Grace Lawson who is playing opposite Gareth as Cinderella She has come straight from Les Mis Folllow @Hannah_GLawson1 on Twitter (Her Instagram is private) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khelda Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 Eternal, thanks for the great review from the person and the brilliant photos, sounds like a great production again and lovely to know that the audience have a ball. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Another nice review HERE Gareth Gates brought joy to female audience members of a certain age, who ‘whooped’ and giggled every time he spoke, let alone when he sang. He still has that cute charm about him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 It's #Panto Day today. Here's what Panto means to Les Dennis (appearing alongside Gareth as one of the Ugly sisters) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 The Dashingly handsome Prince on #Panto Day 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 Behind the scenes in Cinderella the Panto TRCH@royal Nottingham on Instagram Some lovely snippets of Gareth. Be quick as only on stories for 24hours! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 Went to see the Panto today. It was great. Certainly enjoyed the second half better than the first half. It was very very funny and even though we saw the same routine last year it really made us belly laugh again. Gareth was lovely and the perfect Prince (once again). Loved his 'True English Gentleman Accent'. A quick run round to the stage door just caught Gareth shooting off to see Frozen 2 with Missy. She is beautiful and growing very tall. Thanks ladies who came with me. It was lovely to meet up again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariaw81 Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 Awww I’m glad you ladies enjoyed the panto Gareth was definitely the perfect prince as always. Thank you for your posts this evening Eternal and sharing this. Was lovely seeing the Instagram stories. So lovely to see he has Missy with him, I’m sure they enjoyed Frozen 2 together. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValR Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 Thanks Eternal really good to meet up again for the panto. Lots of laughs and really enjoying it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethsmelody Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 Really enjoyed the panto. I thought it was magical. So good to here Gareth again. My thanks to the ladies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorral Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 Had a lovely day yesterday at the panto,enjoyed the show it was magical and very funny.Gareth's voice is beautiful, loved the part when the Prince and Cinderella sang a part of "unchained Melody" together. Thanks ladies for your Company had a great day with you all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Posted December 18, 2019 Report Share Posted December 18, 2019 Some photos of behind the scenes and backstage at the Panto Nottingham Post 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariaw81 Posted December 18, 2019 Report Share Posted December 18, 2019 Thank you for this Eternal fantastic photos and interesting to see behind the scenes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValR Posted December 18, 2019 Report Share Posted December 18, 2019 Thanks for the lovely backstage photos ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethsmelody Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 Thanks the are lovely 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Posted December 23, 2019 Report Share Posted December 23, 2019 I am trying to decide if This Article is supportive or not? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariaw81 Posted December 23, 2019 Report Share Posted December 23, 2019 23 minutes ago, eternal said: I am trying to decide if This Article is supportive or not? Negative for calling him a z list in the headlines 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Posted January 5, 2020 Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 As Panto draws to a close today but it was fab-u-lous 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khelda Posted January 5, 2020 Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 Thanks Eternal, that was lovely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethsmelody Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 Thank you. Brilliant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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