Hercules wows Riccall
The Riccallish Allsorts latest Pantomime – Hercules – which was staged in early February and was a great success. The audience responded well to having an unusual and different pantomime story.
The chorus, choreographed by Sally Corbally, put huge energy into their main production numbers Comedy Tonight, YMCA and Venus.
The production was well cast, with Rhys Chamberlain as the nervous Gryphon trying hard to make friends with Mackenzie Crompton’s spoilt Princess Wanda. Neil Swain’s Dame injected pace and an edgy comedy to the show – you never feel entirely safe when Neil’s on stage – and Lisa Rowntree as Narcissus was the perfect comic partner for the dame.
Craig Hodgson as Hercules added muscle, and Richard Pike as the evil Cyclops was the pantomime Baddie. Even Elvis made a brief appearance – who was that?
Mike Maczuga and his band’s live music was welcomed by the audience, and Pat Davison stage crew kept the production moving slickly along.
Lucie Burton, Chloe Swain and Laura Dinnewell as the three fates added glamour to the show – although they were always happier after the fireworks had gone off!
Amy Dicks, Stephanie Fyfe and Emily Munden had their first main speaking parts as the Greek Chorus and rose well to the challenge.
Singing – dancing – comedy – pyrotechnics – a live band – it was a big production for us, and proved a great night out for the audience.
Whatever next?
Posted by Simon on Thursday 26th of February 2009 at 12:20pm
Thanks for a fantastic panto! We had a great night, were thoroughly entertained and enjoyed lots of laugh out loud moments. Well done to all the cast and crew, it was obvious that a lot of work had gone in to the production and it paid off. This is exactly the community event that the Regen Centre is there for. Looking forward to next year's.
Posted by Angie on Thursday 26th of February 2009 at 3:34pm