From www.castlebar.ie Film, Video, Music, Theatre Excellence on Ice
Christening party, sleepy princess etc., prince arrives, kiss, and everyone awake for the scintillating finale. They had a most excellently evil bad witch - a real ice maiden - who could sure make your toes curl. Fabulous costumes with fairytale characters from a whole gamut of children’s stories made appearances even if not strictly part of Sleeping Beauty – Pocahontas for example. If the Nutcracker is anything as good you won't be disappointed. As I said too, no fear of any of your own sleeping beauties falling asleep during the performance no matter how young or old they are. The only slight drawback on Friday was that it was packed out and not every seat was located in the tiered section of the TF Theatre. As a result some of the littler children sitting in the front batch of flat seats needed to be hoisted up a bit to get a good view. Having said that there are apparently some tickets at the door apparently for Sunday 4th January – last day before the Russian cast head to the Helix for a Dublin run of the show. It’s not often that a show like this comes to Castlebar first before moving on to Dublin so support it you won’t be disappointed – and no I didn’t get a free ticket or a review ticket. © Copyright 2003 by www.castlebar.ie and the author |