A lively production of a refreshing new script by Paul Reakes (Samuel French) was presented at a cracking pace by this specialist pantomime group.
Hilarity from Alan Davis as Ma Crusoe (boy can he sprint round an auditorium), John Goodier as Willy Crusoe and Susie Jones as the love-torn Bessie Bowsprit plus comical villainy from Mike Kelsall as Blackbeard and John Roberts as his side-kick Patch kept the laughter flowing.
Yet more comedy was provided by Neil Silcock as Man Friday, Mathew Sissons as a Gorilla and Edna Taylor as a straw-clad Medicine Man in some simply staged yet hilarious scenes. Julie Ackerley was a fine principal boy as Robinson Crusoe little realising that the life-saving piratical Crimson Hawk was really his girl friend Polly Perkins in disguise, a superb double-up performance by Laura Sanderson that had the audience perplexed until the final scene. The principal line up was completed by Tony Barrow as a masterful Captain Bowsprit, always seeking the best for his daughter Bessie, and Peter Oldfield as King Neptune.
Fine scenery from Clifford & Brown, lighting, sound and special effects from Theatre Solutions and Fusion Lighting together with excellent costumes by society members Anne Peers and Estelle Tortoishell enhanced this production which was backed by entertaining chorus numbers and lively
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