A Family Visit to the Theatre
Going to the theatre can be a fun family activity. Who doesn’t love watching a show and being transported temporarily to a magical world where there are happy endings. It’s not often I manage to take all 3 children out to events with me and as a result my son was especially excited.
We paid our first visit to the Arts Depot in North Finchley recently and saw Cinderella – The Rockin’ Panto written and directed by Peter Rowe. This pop-tastic show features 10 great actors and musicians playing a range of pop and soul classics from various decades.
We were invited along to the press evening. The kids were really excited and couldn’t wait to go.
Meet the Characters
Whilst guests were taking their seats the actors spread around the theatre room and mingled. We got to have a chat with The Stepmother Rubella De Zees.
The show was fantastic!!! The children and adults all got into it booing Rubella as well as yelling out the classic phrases you expect to hear at pantos. My son loved the performance he sat fascinated, got up once in a while when music was on and danced and jumped around. You can see from his face how much he enjoyed his first-ever theatre visit.
My kids loved that they recognised some of the music from artists like Robbie Williams, Jessie J and Taylor Swift. There was humour throughout for adults and parents. Thankfully the adult jokes went over the kids heads. The actors did a wonderful job and as a result the kids can’t wait to go again.
Our favourites included Baron Hardup (Cinderellas father) and Buttons:
Image credit: Giulia Delprato
Of course, we thought the performances from the ugly sisters, Hernia and Verruca were great.
Image credit: Giulia Delprato
What Did We Think?
This fun-filled, festive musical extravaganza contains all the hallmarks of a traditional fun-filled and family-friendly panto. It’ll have you waving your arms, clapping along, singing and tapping your feet to the music. Cinderella – The Rockin’ Panto is the ideal show for a family outing over Christmas with plenty of panto sparkle and slapstick comedy to keep the whole family engaged. The Performances run until Sunday the 5th of Jan, therefore, you have plenty of time to grab your Christmas outfits, pop on down and brace yourself for what awaits is fabulous festive fun!
Have you seen a Christmas Panto this year yet?
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I love the panto at this time of year – we went on saturday to our local one
It is fun to go to a panto in the lead up to Christmas.
Looking forward to our youngest being old enough to enjoy the panto. It’s a lovely treat at this time of year.
I don’t think I have been to a pantomime since I was at school!!! I really must borrow someone’s children and go to one!
I love a good panto, we usually go with the school once a year around December. Kids enjoy it and it’s good family fun.
Wow – that panto sounded different from the usual but much better too. I am glad that your whole family enjoyed it.
I love a panto we went to see Aladdin it was brilliant
This looks like so much fun, we didn’t get to panto this Christmas but will def go this year!
We used to take our children to the pantomime every year when they were younger, it was one of our favourite christmas traditions
Pantos are great fun, I went to an adult version of cinderella which was hilarious
Looks like an action packed panto that would be great fun for all the family!
Pantos are great for the kids especially near Christmas makes it extra special
i havent been to a panto in years , i really must go again sometime
It looks like you had a great time, it sounds fab especially with the music
Cinderella is my daughters fave princess this looks great