From the keyboard of Dr Jan

It’s panto season again – hurrah!

I kicked off the season with Aladdin at the New Victoria theatre in Woking. I went with a whole bunch of people from work and some friends and had a rather jolly evening out

Bradley Walsh was excellent as Wishee Washee, and I particularly enjoyed the Genie of the Lamp.

I was reminded of a previous version of Aladdin which I was involved with when I used to work at the Beck Theatre in Hayes. Derek Griffiths was Ebeneezer, and he was just fantastic! “The lamp boy, the lamp! Get me the lamp!”