Katherine from Wantage

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Friday evening "Just good vibes"

I love the FDS panto, it's always well set, cast and costumed, the live music is excellent and you can guarantee it will give you warm fuzzy feelings and leave you on a high. Opening night had a few mic glitches but was soon recovered so we got to hear all the lovely singing. The kitchen scene felt a little stilted but otherwise the length and pace felt spot on. 'Cinderella' hits the right balance of funny and feel-good. Notable performance by the comedy duo of terrible builders and the outrageous ugly sisters. Well done to everyone involved.

Val from Faringdon

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Friday evening "Brilliant show"

This was amazing, excellent performers, and so funny. Some could have spoken a bit louder but did not spoil this amazing performance. Well done to you all.

Chris

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Friday evening "Great pantomime as usual"

I say great as usual but they actually get better. A pity that for some it wasn’t as loud as it could be.. the actress playing the ugly sister was brilliant.

Jacob from Fairford

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Friday evening "Hilarious!"

After watching 3 of the 4 performances of Cinderella in the first weekend, I think I'm just about qualified to comment. You guys all rock. Thank you to everyone who has had a hand in putting the show together! It's an hilariously funny watch with fantastic acting, singing and dancing, and it's clear from the audience that you're all having so much fun! But as it always is, we also have to thank the rest of the team who put the show together I all of its aspects! You guys all rock too from behind the scenes! Top show as always! REALLY hoping to join you all back on stage next time around!

Sue from Royal Wootton Bassett

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Saturday matinée "Brilliant Family Entertainment"

Our first visit to your productions and we loved it. Included grandparents, parents and children, aged 9 and 6, loved by all. For an amateur event the costumes were superb, lighting and band all very good. The singing clear too and the sound was good overall. Full marks for the refreshments and drinks availability too. Very professionally done. We parked in Gloucester street Car Park too without any issue. NB if parking for a matinee, which you have to pay during those hours. You can pay by cash or card. We paid £4 as we’d arrived a little early but is £1 per hour. Believe the latter bit of the postcode too is HY no JJ as showing in the directions, might need amending. Thank you to all involved.

Austen from Faringdon

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Saturday matinée "An enjoyable immersive experience"

This was a lovely show and it well done to all those performing and behind the scenes. It had a very clean feeling, when I say that I mean it was well rehearsed, everyone knew what they were doing and they were enjoying themselves which made it more fun for those watching. The children in the audience were thrilled and so immersed in the story and sparkles. It was fab.

E from Faringdon

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Saturday matinée "Wonderful family tradition"

We love coming to your pantomime, our kids enjoy it so much. It's nice that you're keeping traditions alive, and it's nice to see a range of ages of people talking part. Buttons and the ugly step sisters in particular were brilliant! The show was well signposted and the woman on the door was very welcoming. The tuck shop is very appreciated, especially the ice lollies, and I was impressed that you take contactless. I don't think this was mentioned on the poster or email confirmation so I would suggest adding that in. I would also suggest mentioning in the email confirmation that the show starts at 2.30 and the doors open 30 mins before. I couldn't work out from the tickets whether doors opened at 2.30 or the show started at 2.30, so I had to look on Facebook to find the poster. My only real criticism was that it was sometimes a bit hard to hear what the players were saying, especially during the music. The ugly sisters were very easy to understand but sometimes I couldn't tell what Cinderella and the prince were saying, and Rubella and Buttons were difficult to hear over the music. But all in all the show was great and we'll be back next year! We saw you do sleeping beauty 2 years ago and we were genuinely surprised by how good your shows are, and we've recommended it to others in town. To be honest if you did another family show in the school summer holidays we would come see that too!! I hope you continue indefinitely, as this is the type of thing that Faringdon can be really proud of.

Katrina from Grove

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Saturday matinée "Fantastic"

It was hilarious! Great comedy, fantastic costumes, great connection with the audience, fabulous music. Well done, another super show!

Jo from Faringdon

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Saturday evening "Thoroughly enjoyed it"

Script – suitably ridiculously funny. As I have problems hearing, I found when a character turned their head away from the audience for the punch line, I couldn’t hear it.

Geraldine Wheeler from Witney

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Saturday evening "Good cast….lovely costumes….good script"

Great performance. loved the costumes. Some good music and song choices. Band really good but a little too loud at times particularly drumming…which made it more difficult to hear the quieter singers. Great acting and comedy moments. A bit more traditional audience participation eg behind you/oh yes/oh no just to keep audiences joining in. Just about the right length definitely no longer. Overall a very good family panto. we very much enjoyed it.

Millie from Bishopstone

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Saturday evening "FDS panto never disappoints"

A great panto yet again this year and a huge well done to all involved - the builder duo and ugly sisters were outstanding. I love that this panto is a true community production with all ages and abilities shining like stars on the stage. A few difficulties with individual microphone placement meant some of the songs were not quite heard as well as they could have been, but everyone handled the challenge of live theatre like a pro. Thank you FDS for a great night out.

Lynda from Faringdon

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Saturday evening "Fabulous as ever!"

Another great Panto for Faringdon! Congratulations to ALL involved in putting this together, dad and I really enjoyed it. I do have to make a separate comment about the costumes. They were just FAB-U-LOUS! I’m still trying to work out how the transformation scene was done. ????? Well done everyone. You should all be very proud of your many hours work.

Fiona M from Faringdon

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Sunday matinée "So funny!"

Such a great show. There's pretty much a funny joke in every line and in the gaps there's a visual gag! Great choice of songs and music too. I recognised most of them except one, the music the woodland animals were dancing to. My one quibble was I missed the dress change but that was my fault – I was concentrating on how sparkly the shoes were!

Becca from Bedfordshire

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Sunday matinée "Fun for all the family"

We attended today with our whole family (four generations) from the 2 year old up to the 89 year old – we all enjoyed it, there was something for everyone and jokes for every age group. The costumes were fantastic, great casting and music with stand out performances from the Fairy Godmother and the Ugly sisters…. And of course not forgetting the builders. Great energy and a great family show.

Julie from Faringdon

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Sunday matinée "Lots of fun"

Being on the other side for the 1st time was equally enjoyable as being on stage. This year I helped with costumes. It was fantastic seeing it all come to life. Everything was very slick, it all ran very smoothly, all cast playing their parts looked like they were having a great time they were all awesome! Lots of awful jokes lol. The ugly sisters were amazing, poor old Dave in the audience Griselleda took quite a fancy to him!! A joy to watch if you can get tickets then go you'll be chuckling for hours!!

John from Wantage

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Friday evening "A big laugh at a well written and played event!!"

The only thing that could have been better was the sound of the young girls when they sang, drowned by the band. Always a difficult thing I know!

Julie from Fairford

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Friday evening "Oh what a night !"

What a feel good performance! A massive well done to you all – the hard work paid off !

Ronnie from Faringdon

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Friday evening "Very enjoyable & humorous"

A bit too long ! Acting was very good & funny. Fairy godmothers singing was excellent 👌. Can’t wait for next year 👍

Angela from Faringdon

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Saturday matinée "Excellent play and great to see locals performing!"

It was an absolute pleasure to attend the Cinderella performance! A well-balanced mix of humor for adults and engaging interactions for children made it truly enjoyable. It was especially delightful to see neighbors showcasing their talents on stage. All musical performances were pure joy. Well done to everyone involved—I look forward to more wonderful productions in the future!

Sue from Filkins

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Saturday matinée "Lively great pace and all embracing panto"

I thoroughly enjoyed this Pantomime, all the players were sound and some of the singing was to a professional standard especially Fairy G and Baroness. Griselda's ability to deal with heckling from small children was impressive and both ugly sisters were totally convincing. The comic turn of Bodget and Legget was well paced and totally in keeping with their characters. Buttons did an excellent job of getting the audience participating right from the start. Cinderella looked amazing at the ball though I couldn't always hear her singing but she was totally convincing in the role as were all the cast. Well done for including so many children. Well done also to the band who played seamlessly from one scene to the next. Finally well done to producer and director for another superb show.

Faringdon Brownies

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Saturday matinée "Great show that the Brownies thoroughly enjoyed"

Lots of audience participation that the Brownies really enjoyed. We all had a great time and hope to come again next year. Thanks for sorting our group booking, so smoothly.

Lois from Highworth

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Saturday matinée "Great fun! Great singing and acting!"

I took my daughter and grandchildren to see Cinderella. We all really enjoyed it, the songs were fun and the acting was to a high standard. There was fun in the air and great interaction with the audience. I would highly recommend my friends to go and see a production by FDS. Congratulations Debbie and all the cast and production team!

Liz from Wales

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Saturday evening "Another fantastic show"

Attended with family on 29th January. Was a great show from all aspects. From the outstanding vocal talent, especially Rubella and Fairy G, to the comedy of the ugly sisters and builders, through to the group numbers with all the young up and coming stars, this show was a delight! It was professional and sleek. There must have been much hard work in the run up. The children were particularly taken with the funny ghost. Costumes this year were outstanding, colourful and at times very cleverly done. It is a treat to have a live band for a smaller production even if they were a little overpowering for the quieter singing voices. All in all a wonderful performance, looking forward very much to the next one.

Catharine Moore from Faringdon

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Saturday evening "Brilliant entertaining and so funny !!!!!"

Excellent right through …. music was great sometimes the singers were quieter when they sang on their own acting was excellent costumes great especially cinderella's quick change ….. the younger ones were so brave and acted so well all in all well done to all who were involved .

Kelly from Faringdon

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Saturday evening "Hilariously entertaining!"

What an absolutely brilliant show! Such high energy from everyone from start to finish. A fantastic mix of traditional Panto elements along with some side splitting comedy particularly from the Ugly sisters who were so hilarious, not just with the words but their facial expressions and gestures too, the scene when kneading the dough, the stocking removal and the wig being pulled off was just the funniest thing to watch! They both worked so well together and those costumes!!! Just woah! Erm…gorgeous ladies! The builder duo were superb! My face was hurting from laughing so much especially with the hammer scene! The cute factor was most definitely present, the younger cast members were particularly noticeable as the woodland animals and those gorgeous little mice!. The costumes were outstanding for this, they all looked adorable! The music from the live band really enhanced the overall atmosphere and the song choices were very fitting to the production. I have to say the song with The Fairy Godmother, Cinderella and the Prince who also has a great singing voice was just beautiful! Got me right in the feels that one! Fairy godmother has an incredible voice!!! The audience participation sections I felt was just right with Buttons and Chambers keeping everyone entertained. Buttons was a fantastic character, I loved his energy. Everyone felt very natural, nothing looked or felt forced, the whole performance flowed really well and the story was really easy to follow. You can just tell a lot of hard work has gone into it from start to finish from everyone involved. You should all be immensely proud of what you’ve accomplished xx I LOVED it! X

Jo from Faringdon

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Saturday evening "Brilliant night!"

Such a lovely evening. My hubbie, Richard, thoroughly enjoyed the attention from Grissela. Everyone worked hard and made it a funny night. Definitely coming back next year!

Nesh from Faringdon

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Saturday evening "Outstanding"

Every year I’ve been going to the panto and it gets better and better each year Gertrude and Griselda were fantastic haven’t laughed like how I did tonight (1st feb) in a long time and also Budget and Leggett were amazing too. Each and everyone person should be proud of yourself some of u who I have seen in panto as young actors and actress your confidence is growing more and more keep it up.

Roubalou from Faringdon

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Saturday evening "Uplifting fun"

What a fabulous antidote to the world today. Great casting, acting, song choices, execution etc etc. It is clear how much the cast enjoyed performing and that was infectious. I loved how the audience were involved right from the first song and that set the scene wonderfully for a few hours of pure fun and entertainment. Thank-you once again FDS for a great show.