Aladdin

A pantomime by Peter Webster
Saturday 25 January 2020 - Sunday 26 January 2020
Friday 31 January 2020 - Saturday 1 February 2020
Faringdon Junior School, 26 Gloucester Street, Faringdon SN7 7HY
Directed by Debbie Lock
Produced by Carolyn Taylor

Performances start 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm. Doors open 30 minutes earlier. Each performance lasts approximately 2½ hours. Matinées on Saturdays and Sunday.
Tickets: Adult £10. Child (under 16) £5. No concessions. Adult ticket includes a free programme.
Tickets were available from our Online Box Office and Stay Grounded, 7a Market Place, Faringdon.

Aladdin was last performed in 1990 and again in 2010. This time we have a brand new version especially written by our own Peter Webster. This will be his eleventh pantomime.

This production of Aladdin has all the traditional elements you want in a pantomime, but with several new twists. (A rather self-important Sultan perhaps?) So, we have a feisty hero, a beautiful Princess, not one but two genies, a dotty dame and an evil sorcerer and his two useless apprentices. Plus, lots of laughs, songs and action, all backed by a live band. Enjoy!

Synopsis: Aladdin and his idle young friends are planning what mischief they can get up to, but are taken to task by some of the citizens, just as Aladdin’s mother, Widow Twankey, arrives on the scene, getting the brunt of their displeasure. They are interrupted by the arrival of the Sultana, the Vizier, the Princess and their entourage. The Sultana brags about all she plans to do, only to be reminded by the Vizier that the palace treasury is empty. Once the procession has moved on, Aladdin, obviously smitten by the Princess, is ribbed by his friends and then brought down to earth by his mother, who talks of the job he must find…. Read more? petepanto.co.uk/aladdin.htm

Interested in taking part? See our Pantomime page for downloadable forms and general information.

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The Cast (adults):

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Dress-Rehearsal Photos:

All productions stopped following this pantomime in 2020 as the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic rampaged through the country and the rest of the world. All public performances were banned for the rest of the year and everyone except for key workers were told to stay at home for many months during three lockdowns, taking us well into the following year.

1 from Bicester

Rating:

Saturday matinée "Great production"

Everything great apart from background noise of a fan or something prevented me hearing everything said from the stage.

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Nesh from Faringdon

Rating:

Saturday matinée "Outstanding again"

I came on the Sunday matinée and the Saturday one with two different friends one who has never heard of u guys or been to one before this is my 4th Panto I have been to and once again it was amazing and to see new faces was brilliant can’t wait for next yr.

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Roger from Faringdon

Rating:

Saturday matinée "A brightly colourful and fun production which we all enjoyed."

Performance good, length good. Audibility generally good but when the young actors spoke they were hard to hear. If a child spoke and followed it with singing to music, the volume of their voice rose noticeably. Visibility not good for a 7 year old that accompanied us – we were in third row from the front, right hand side. I had to sit by the aisle because of my height and I did not want to block anyone's view. Costumes nice and colourful. All the rest was good.

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Cheryl from Faringdon

Rating:

Saturday evening "Absolutely brilliant"

I was fortunate to see Aladdin twice. A fantastic show, such talent. Amazing acting. Great music. Beautiful costumes. Such a lot of work went into it. Thank you!

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Grace from Faringdon

Rating:

Saturday evening "A brilliant, well performed, show which we thoroughly enjoyed."

From beginning to end the show entertained and delighted the audience. The acting, singing and costumes were all first class. We were particularly impressed by the singing voices of Aladdin (Miriam Wells) and Princess Pearl (Kia Howard) and loved the comedy genius Verity Roberts (Widow Twankey).

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Paula from Faringdon

Rating:

Saturday evening "Super show with an abundance of talent!"

What a great performance! My children absolutely loved it! Costumes were brilliant, length of panto was perfect. I was so impressed with the acting and the singing was superb – Princess’ singing was phenomenal! Genie of the ring was fantastic. The confidence and enthusiasm of all performers shown through during the night. Well done!

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Lottie from Great Coxwell

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Saturday evening "Perfect antidote to miserable January"

Fantastically professional performance by the whole cast and crew- spellbinding!

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Lisa Howe from Shrivenham

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Saturday evening "Loved it , great entertainment, talented actors, perfect evening"

Very talented crew, enjoyed it so much I didn’t want it to end, costumes fabulous. Band were great.

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Tony Houghton from Witney

Rating:

Saturday evening "Great fun, colourful, well executed"

We expect high standards from FDS: once again you did not disappoint. Well done! Congratulations to the musicians too; it makes such a difference to have live accompaniment.

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Debbie McGuigan from Cirencester

Rating:

Saturday evening "Excellent"

Excellent performance. This is the second show we have been to see by the Farringdon Dramatic Society and we have been so impressed with the talent of everyone who performs. Jacob Bayliss was amazing along with his 2 side kicks and Widow Twanky who had us in stitches. Fantastic job. Well done

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Julie from Fairford

Rating:

Saturday evening "A fun filled evening!"

A really enjoyable evening! As good as any professional production ! Lots of laughs, boos and singing! Well done FDS. Look forward to next years production !

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Rosamund Godden from Lechlade

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Sunday matinée "Fabulous show for a small town"

Really good performance by the whole cast, my granddaughter had a part and it was so good to see her..looking forward to many more shows

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Jodie from Stanford in the Vale

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Sunday matinée "Fab family afternoon out!"

Great performance we had a great time watching! Will definitely come to future performances. Enough different action between acting, singing, dancing, movement around the room, audience participation, music & lights to keep our toddler entertained throughout.

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