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It’s been twenty years since I went to a pantomime, and as I remember it it was all a little cheesy and definitely not my scene (excuse the pun) so my enthusiasm for joining in with The Great Pantomime Review 2009 was a lot more to do with supporting charity than personal enjoyment.

Well, I have to say to our complete surprise we all had a great time, even Alex (my husband) who could think of a number of ways he’d rather spend his birthday, none of which involved shouting ‘he’s behind you’ a dozen times while some pleb celeb ignores you completely. We had such a laugh, the jokes were funny, topical and actually rather adult, and although it was clear the actors and actresses weren’t taking it too seriously it was actually very well written and produced.

The pantomime was Robinson Crusoe and the Carribean Pirates, not that that stopped appearances from ‘Jedward’ and Susan ‘Subo’ Boyle, in fact they barely followed the plot which was merely a background story to the gags and shenanigans, which came thick and fast. I appreciated the lack of ‘celebs’, Edinburgh Kings Pantomime always features Grant Stott and either Allan Stewart or Andy Gray. The token celeb was Jo Freer, apparently she’s been in a few soaps, her screechy scottish accented voice was a little irritating but whatever, tis’ christmas after all, good tidings to all men and all that

Audience participation was occasionally called for, but the funniest moments were when it wasn’t called for…

In one scene Black Heart the evil pirate was winding up the audience for booing all the time “If you can’t do it altogether don’t do it at all” he growled, some young lad in the audience (clearly a panto veteran) shouted “altogether now” and the booing continued.

The first half was definitely the better half, however the finale was well met with almost the whole audience standing to dance, clap and sing to ‘Rocking all over the World’. It was good British family fun that I wouldn’t hesitate partaking in again, the kind that gives you that fuzzy feeling in your belly at christmas time.

Tickets & Pricing for Kings Theatre Robinson Crusoe & The Carribean Pirates