:: this review appeared in the Sunday Mercury on Sunday December 14th ::
The Krankies should be prescirbed free of charge on the NHS - as a much-needed, midwinter tonic.
The daft as a brush comedy duo steal the show in this swashbuckling panto adventure.
The Krankies have that rare gift of making audiences start tittering before they even say a word.
And when they launch into their barmy antics - including cheeky and candid asides - only the saddest souls fail to laugh out loud.
The Krankies - real life husband and wife Janette and Ian Tough - play the hopeless pirates The Smees in support of fading heart-throb Paul Nicholas, who attracts the children's boos in traditional fashion as the evil Captain Hook.
Jack Montgomery (Young Captain Jack in TV's Torchwood) is just right in the title role, while super-slender Amra-Faye Wright is doubly convincing as both the sultry Mermaid and the prim Mrs Darling.
The three Darling children who fly off to Neverland, the Lost Children and the muscular but dim pirates are all excellent.
The Krankies really crank up - rather than shore up - this panto because it ticks all the boxes with great dancing, good singing, plenty of fights and colourful sets and costumes.
Peter Pan is billed as The UK's Favourite Pantomime. Few could argue with that.
This fandabidozi panto runs until Sunday, January 25.
- Bob Haywood
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