It's Panto Time! (Oh, yes it is!)

Hall for Cornwall’s pantomime, Sleeping Beauty is now well underway.  It’s a particularly special time of year for everyone who works at Hall for Cornwall because we see so many family groups.  Pantomime is often the first exposure to theatre for children and it certainly delivers!  Baddies you can boo, outrageous and funny characters, music, dance, colour and a happy ending. What more could you want?

This year we have plenty to keep everyone happy.  Of course, the Princess falls in love, and marries, her handsome Prince, but we also have the very talented double act of Richard Allen (Nurse Maivis) and Tweedy (pretty much playing Tweedy!) providing lots of laughs.

You couldn’t really wish for a nastier Carabosse then Julie Hobbs who manages to be utterly evil without being so scary the children will get upset!  With Cameron and Clegg, her “boys” she seeks to gain Beauty’s grace and good-looks for herself but she is consistently out manoeuvred by Fairy Crystal (Mary Woodvine) who is always one step ahead.

And if all those aren’t enough, there’s even a frog and a dragon!  Sleeping Beauty runs until January 3rd 2011.  There are a variety of show times during the run to suit all diaries and bed-times!

Decking the Hall

As panto approaches, Hall for Cornwall is in a festive mood.  We are particularly grateful to the students of Devoran and Penair schools who have worked hard to turn our bar area into Sleeping Beauty's Castle, trapped behind a wall of vines. Two Year 9 art classes were "volunteered" for the project by their teacher.  The first produced printed banners using themes and script extracts from the panto, whilst the second class supported the primary age children from Devoran to produce some really nice relief stone window frames and the vines/flowers that intertwine around them.

The artwork produced was combined with sections of the Really Long Scarf and some artistic input from our own staff here at HfC to produce some festive displays in the Trelawney Bar which will be enjoyed by thousands of people over the run of the panto.

 

Sleeping Beauty opens this Friday at 7.00pm and runs until the 3rd January 2011.  If you want to test your skill and reflexes, why not play our online Sleeping Beauty game?  Forward it to a friend after you have played and you could win Free Tickets!