Dick Whittington The Stage – January 2008 By John Thaxter
This traditional pantomime, a three-
His touring show, the real thing in miniature, brings Christmas entertainment to nursing homes and day centres, here visiting the famous children’s hospital Great Ormond Street Hospital) where its trio of performers soon turned a gathering of young patients, parents and nursing staff, into a lively and responsive audience.
Their resources are modest, no scenery, just a trunk full of costumes, plus a backing track of pre-
It would be hard to over-
Slender Carly Spicer plays both the Good Fairy and Alice Fitzwarren. But she also brings complete conviction to her Tommy the Cat in a black body-
As with big-