Pantomime: Dick Whittington
We went to the pantomime in Stratford-upon-Avon last night, at a small community theatre we've grown fond of.
We had tried to go on Tuesday night but because of the heavy rains from Storm Henk we found ourselves unable to go more than a few hundred metres in any direction from our doorstep due to severe flooding. So we rang the theatre and they let us rebook, which was lovely.
Keiki insisted on sitting in the very front to get maximum enjoyment out of it. Humuhumu wanted to sit further back for the same reason. The bloke sat with her and I sat with him.
Keiki and I had a LOT of interaction with the cast. The actor playing the cat took a shine to him - he got to name the cat...Jeff. 🤷🏽♀️
At the interval he was given a card by a mysterious woman, and during the second half he was called onto the stage by (Captain) Jack with two other children. Jack was mightily amused by Keiki's fearless answers to his questions and by his European Space Agency jumper (courtesy of Mummy's most recent trip to the ops centre in Germany), and declared that drama might be Keiki's top subject at school.
The best bit was this:
Dick, after catching the baddie, King Rat: "What should we do with him?"
Keiki, without hesitation: "EXECUTION!"
Dick, walking across the stage to Keiki: "I'm sorry, what was that???"
Keiki: "Execution!"
Dick: "How old are you?"
Keiki, with great dignity: "I am nine."
Dick: "Nine?! That's a bit dark, Mum, isn't it? Nine!"
Me: *howls of laughter*
Dick: "I think we won't do that, we'll cast a spell and make him good, shall we?"
Keiki: "That works too."
We had tried to go on Tuesday night but because of the heavy rains from Storm Henk we found ourselves unable to go more than a few hundred metres in any direction from our doorstep due to severe flooding. So we rang the theatre and they let us rebook, which was lovely.
Keiki insisted on sitting in the very front to get maximum enjoyment out of it. Humuhumu wanted to sit further back for the same reason. The bloke sat with her and I sat with him.
Keiki and I had a LOT of interaction with the cast. The actor playing the cat took a shine to him - he got to name the cat...Jeff. 🤷🏽♀️
At the interval he was given a card by a mysterious woman, and during the second half he was called onto the stage by (Captain) Jack with two other children. Jack was mightily amused by Keiki's fearless answers to his questions and by his European Space Agency jumper (courtesy of Mummy's most recent trip to the ops centre in Germany), and declared that drama might be Keiki's top subject at school.
The best bit was this:
Dick, after catching the baddie, King Rat: "What should we do with him?"
Keiki, without hesitation: "EXECUTION!"
Dick, walking across the stage to Keiki: "I'm sorry, what was that???"
Keiki: "Execution!"
Dick: "How old are you?"
Keiki, with great dignity: "I am nine."
Dick: "Nine?! That's a bit dark, Mum, isn't it? Nine!"
Me: *howls of laughter*
Dick: "I think we won't do that, we'll cast a spell and make him good, shall we?"
Keiki: "That works too."