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Colourful Fun at Pantomime To view a Picassa gallery of photos of the show click here
Colour, fun and a hint of naughtiness makes this year’s
annual Hethersett village pantomime as successful as ever. From the rising of the first curtain to the falling of
the last, the pantomime group pull out all the stops to provide an evening of
excellent family entertainment with their latest version of Dick Whittington. The pantomime’s appeal comes as much in what goes wrong
as in what goes right. The group has a wonderful ability to ad lib their way
through mistakes with Neville Greenhalgh as the Dame, Sarah the Cook, and
Barry Foster as Captain Barnacle raising continual laughter with their asides
to the audience. Once again the panto has played to packed houses in
Hethersett Village Hall and it’s very easy to see why. Whittington is the 43rd
village production in a long line that goes back to 1970 and it is the seventh
time Dick has turned to become Lord Mayor of London. There was a nautical theme to this year’s panto with a
radio controlled toy ship parading across the stage on numerous occasions. The
stage was awash with colour and the excellent sets of Colin Wilson which are
always a highlight in themselves. The role of Dick Whittington was played with
a swagger by Rachel Woodier, 41
years after her mother Juliet Salter played the role in the village’s first
Whittington in 1971.
Colour is always one of the keys to the Hethersett
production and there was no shortage this year thanks to myriad sailors,
Londoners, islanders, rats and even a gorilla. Lloyd Parfitt was his usual
charming self as Idle Jack and Lauren Cooke produced a beautiful performance
as Alice Fitzwarren, proving that glamour, acting and singing can go together. Steve Bussey injected humour as Alderman Fitzwarren with
a cheeky grin and a knowing wink and Ellie Jermy and Vicki Gale were truly
good and evil in their contrasting roles as Fairy Bowbells and Queen Rat.
Lewis Cook and Becky Sprout also added glamour as Captain’s Mate and Queen
Aurelia. Since 1970 the panto has raised over £76,000 for charity and this year’s bucket collection at the end of the performance will go to the Norfolk Accident Rescue Service which provides volunteer rescue doctors and paramedics who work alongside the East Anglian Ambulance Service at the scene of road accidents. CAST
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