It’s that time again ….“Oh yes it is” ……to hold onto your seats, because the tale of Robin Hood is bounding its way onto the stage at the Fisher Theatre, Bungay. Theatre-goers will be pleased to hear, that once again Steve Ace will be the driving force behind this year’s must-see Panto.
Steve said “Its a pleasure to be returning for our 4th year and each year seems better than the year before. The audience has grown and grown. Our first panto here we did 11 performances, this year we are doing 25! The audience knows that as soon as the overture begins they can sit back and enjoy themselves. Kids, mums and dads, aunts, nannas and grandads, all laughing, and joining in together, there’s nothing like it.”
Steve continued “you see, when I started writing scripts, I was working for a large theme park and the audience went to the shows for free, so you had to engage them from the very start, and keep it going to the end, otherwise they simply walked out and went on a ride! So all my shows have a fast pace, a joke in almost every line, short songs, and lots of ad libs, topical gags, and yes, the same old stories that everyone loves”.
Les Hoare the Marketing Manager said “It’s that ingredient that makes our pantos so popular, non-stop fun rooted in a traditional story. Here you get the real deal and feel part of what’s going on.”
Back again with Steve this year are Gavin Dean playing Robin, Clare Durrant as Maid Marion, and sharing the role of the Sheriff are Dan Hanton and the well-known previous Manager of the Fisher Theatre, Chris Moore.
Add the dancers and local children playing the babes and it looks like another cracker.