This show might make you feel exhausted by the end of it, but it’s a fun and hilarious journey getting there!
Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner, bring you, literally, because they both wrote and star in it, ‘Potted Panto’ which, as you see, is seven classic pantomimes furiously delivered to you in 80 minutes, luckily with a 20 minute interval. Yes seven pantos in one evening, delivered by two very energetic men (with the help of a few helpers). It’s fast paced, in your face and so much all rolled into one!
Luckily we don’t get the entire seven panto shows (that would be a long pantothon), it’s just snippets of each one – whew!
Clarkson and Turner nail it when they play roles of both genders in classics such as Dick Whittington, Aladdin, and including the classic Cinderella, where Turner plays the lead role, and he looks so fine we now know why the prince fancies her.
‘Potted Panto’ is fast and furious, hilarious, and did we mention exhausting? But Clarkson and Turner never seem to run out of steam – they’ve been doing Panto for years (they’ve even had a residency in Las Vegas!) – they are professional pantos performers – they really really know what they are doing.
The jokes are silly yet fun, the schtick is very physical and what you’d expect, but these two bring life and laughter to this very quiet, and dark, area in the East End.
So if you want an evening of belly laughs, which the young and old alike will enjoy, take yourself and the family, yes even grandma and grandpa, to Wilton’s and enjoy these two masters of panto! It’s a fun show!
