Bridport Pantomime Players have done it again - oh yes they have!
After an enforced break due to Covid they brought audiences 'sunshine, music and laughter' in the form of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves.
It was staged at the Electric Palace over four days last week.
Written by Teresa Grinter, this was a great way to enjoy an evening out, and despite the uncertainties of the current climate the Players and their background team pulled off a pantomime to be proud of.
Ali Baba was played by the talented Cameron Love, his first debut with the Players. His feisty Princess Haya was beautifully played and sang by Amy Carlile, and never far away was her faithful handmaiden Morgiana (Alice Tuck) on hand to offer assistance.
Audience participation is always a popular part of panto and the baddie, excellently portrayed by Ross Hughes, was the Grand Vizier. Dame Barbara Baba amazed with outlandish costumes, saucy asides and remarkable Arabian belly dancing as only a very professional Greg Horton can do. Ali’s brother Cassim Baba was played with gusto by Amy Day, followed around by her pet camel - a great hit with the audience.
The Sultan and Sultana (Teresa Grinter and Jodie Glover) were a perfect pair of dotty majesticals with their well-rehearsed repartee. All this held together by newcomer Kwant Gardner as sparkly Sand Fairy Ann setting riddles to be resolved to reach a happy ending.
Children never fail to win an audience so the ballet by the tiny tots and the slightly older tappers and dancers were a huge success.
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