Overview
- Reviewers commend Matt Slack’s 12th Hippodrome panto for an energetic comic turn that lands with both children and adults.
- Critics highlight lavish visuals with striking special effects, immersive lighting and sound, and costumes noted as coming from the London Palladium.
- The ensemble features Gok Wan as Gok Scarlet, Andrew Ryan as Dame Henrietta Hood, Matt Cardle as the Sheriff of Nottingham, and strong vocal turns from Sandra Marvin and Faye Tozer.
- Christopher Biggins makes only brief on-stage appearances despite prominent billing on promotional materials, according to one review.
- Audience-participation segments are emphatically cheeky, including filming members of the crowd and suggestive gags noted by local critics.