New Theatre Royal press day for Aladdin on Monday 2nd October 2023
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00:02 - So when I graduated from drama school,
00:20 I played Snow White in "Leamington's Bar".
00:22 And then last year I was with Jordan Productions again,
00:24 but I was in "Potter's Bar" playing Dick Whittington.
00:28 - Ah, so you, well, it's quite nice.
00:30 Jordan is one of the few companies
00:31 that still seems to have the principal boy, isn't it?
00:34 - Yeah, I love it, yeah.
00:35 It's really good fun to play
00:36 'cause it allows you to do the fun stuff as well,
00:39 like the ghost gags and things like that,
00:41 that the traditional princess might not normally do.
00:46 So it's fun to be able to get a grittier side
00:48 to Panto playing the principal male.
00:50 - Yeah, and you did that sort of similar role last year
00:54 as Dick Whittington.
00:55 - Yeah, definitely.
00:56 - How was that?
00:56 - I loved it, it's so much fun.
00:58 Dick Whittington was a very large part
01:00 and a very slingy part, so I had a lot of songs to sing,
01:02 and it took it out of me, but it was definitely rewarding.
01:05 It's also nice to see how the audience warm
01:08 to a different kind of character.
01:10 Yeah, it's great.
01:12 I enjoy being able to do a show with an audience.
01:17 So rather than the audience sitting and watching a show,
01:21 it's them getting involved in the show.
01:24 And they often have such an impact on us
01:26 as performers as well,
01:27 how the audience are per show affects our show.
01:30 And that's what keeps it enjoyable,
01:32 and that's what makes it not stale,
01:34 is we don't know what's gonna happen
01:36 because we don't know how the audience is gonna react.
01:38 - Yeah, Keisha has already warned us
01:40 that she is quite prone to corpsing.
01:43 - Oh, is she?
01:44 - Apparently so.
01:45 - Shouldn't have told me that.
01:47 - How are you on that front?
01:49 - I'm all right, I think 'cause I've done
01:50 four Pantos now, this one.
01:52 I should be okay, but if anything out of the blue
01:55 does happen.
01:56 - Famous last words.
01:57 - Yeah, I know, I shouldn't have said that.
02:00 - I was here two years ago,
02:02 but it's gonna be a very different feel
02:04 because obviously we would battle in COVID at the time.
02:09 So hopefully there will be some pub trips
02:14 after the shows this time.
02:16 But it was a very different feel.
02:19 I'm looking forward to having kind of full show,
02:22 full audience and no restrictions.
02:25 - Well, that aside, I'm hoping that you had
02:28 a good experience here last night.
02:30 - I absolutely loved it.
02:31 It's a beautiful building.
02:32 The team are amazing and it's so nice to come back
02:35 to the same places.
02:36 I love it when a theatre values their staff
02:41 and you come back time and time again,
02:43 it's the same people.
02:44 And you just, you get to work on those connections
02:48 and it's great.
02:49 - Yeah.
02:51 - What is it that you particularly enjoy
02:52 about doing panto though?
02:54 - I think the atmosphere of the shows is so different
03:02 to any other live performances really.
03:05 It's so niche, but like so fun.
03:07 And I think it really gets you into the festive spirit
03:10 if you're not already by December.
03:13 - Yeah, I think it's just, it's fun.
03:16 It's the overriding word for the whole thing.
03:19 It always reminds me why I got into acting
03:22 because it was just fun to do.
03:24 And you just get to, it's really enjoyable
03:28 making people laugh and making kids laugh
03:30 and the feedback that you get from an audience
03:32 doing panto is like nothing else.
03:34 So it just gives you energy, it's great.
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