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www.thursford.com or call 01328 878477. www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk or call 01603 630000. www.stgeorgestheatre.com or call 01493 331484. www.hippodromecircus.co.uk or 01493 844172 www.gorlestonpavilion.co.uk or call 01493 662832. www.cromer-pier.com or call 01263 512495. www.sheringhamlittletheatre.com or call 01263 822347.
to this the amazing skills of the Chermond Circus academy in Norwich, the Dance Estelle kids and you have a show that has everything, fun, thrills, excitement and spectacle more like a new blockbuster Las Vegas show than anything else in the whole of Europe. Hailed as East Anglia’s mini Albert Hall, it is one of the town’s hidden treasures, nestling as it does, on a road behind Yarmouth’s Golden Mile. Towards the end of the show the venue comes into its own and as if from nowhere the floor gives way to create a pool where swimmers perform a synchronised swimming display.
Meanwhile, the Pavilion Theatre Gorleston has a couple of Christmas crackers, quite literally. Christmas Crackers 2 runs until December 1: join Stage Door Youth Theatre for a delightful showcase of everyone's favourite shows and plenty of festive theatre performances. Then Nigel Boy Syer, Lisa Marie and Leon James return for one night (December 7) with their Smile It’s Christmas Show 2013; and Ohyesitiz Productions return to present the pantomime Goldilocks and The Three Bears, from December 11 to January 4. And it’s another Cromer Christmas cracker at the Pavilion Theatre, Cromer Pier when Olly Day returns for another year in the Cromer Christmas Show, which takes place until December 29. Di Cooke, the show’s devisor, director and choreographer says: ‘This year’s show is packed full of Christmas tradition but we have added a few surprises.' It sounds as though audiences can expect the unexpected with the Olly Day’s unique version of a Christmas Fairytale! Di adds: ‘The very funny Martyn James and our two vocalists Jane Watkins and Eddie Bushell, along with our Christmas dancers, bring magic and sparkle to the show while the Youth Choir will ‘Take you to Heaven’ and the children will Mambo with Santa.’ Last but by no means least, Snow White runs at Sheringham Little Theatre from December 13 to January 4. Once again, it is written by West End star Killian Donnelly, whose year has included a performance at the Oscar ceremony in Hollywood following his role as Combeferre in the Les Misérables movie. If they are not good enough credentials for a pantomime playwright to have, I don’t know what is! So from Christmas spectaculars to pantomimes, let the shows begin.
placesandfaces.co.uk | december 2013
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