|
|
|
|
Last Updated: Feb 6, 2017 - 2:32:04 PM |
Freeport, Grand Bahama - An adaptation of a long time nursery rhyme classic,
Old Mother Hubbard
, will be put on by the Freeport Players Guild at the Regency Theatre
beginning December 2nd
.
Director Angela Hackman explained that the production is actually a pantomime, and that although the word conjures up for the average Bahamian thoughts of robed, gloved dancers with white paint on their faces, it actually has another meaning altogether in England.
"Pantomime is a good old British tradition. When I say pantomime to non-British people they assume it's mime with no speaking and the white faces and the hands, but pantomime is usually based on a nursery rhyme or a fairy tale, like Aladdin or Cinderella," she shared.
"It has its traditions - usually the dame is supposed to be played by a man and they're not supposed to look like a woman, they're supposed to be outrageous looking and they are the comedic figures. Usually as well, the principal boy is played by a woman."
Old Mother Hubbard will be performed on
December 2nd, 4th and 5th and 10th through 12th by some 30 cast members of all ages.
In the production there will be the usual roles of the young lovers, Hackman explained, which are Mother Hubbard's daughter and the brave wood chopper.
"There's the evil duke who tries to break them up, there's the wicked witch, there's always a witch in there, there's always another comedy duo," she said.
The pantomimes are a popular Christmas tradition in England, she continued, where whole families go out to enjoy the show. The Guild used to put one on every year, she added, but had not done so for a long time.
"I thought it was time to bring it back. It's not just for children, there's a lot of interaction between the audience and the cast, but there's a lot of adult humour that the kids just don't get. There's a lot of slapstick humour too, and surprises, and of course because we're in Freeport there's a lot of topical jokes," she said.
"You can all go together as opposed to just for a real children's show where it's just for the kids and the parents don't want to see it or an adult show where you can't take your children."
The show will run at 7:30 p.m. nightly with a matinee on Sundays at 4:00 p.m.
Tickets available at the Seventeen Shop, Island Java and Antoni's Pizzeria for advance sales and at the Regency box office one hour prior to show times.
© Copyright 2010 by thebahamasweekly.com
Top of Page
|
|
|
|
