Dame Edna at Wimbledon

[smurfchops]

Maybe not exactly the Arts ! But has anyone seen him/her at Wimbledon in Dick Whittington Pantomime this year ? What are your thoughts ?

[Buenchico]

Tonight is the official opening night but there have been some preview shows, enabling The Telegraph to put this review online within the past half hour:
http://www.telegraph....n-Theatre-review.html

Chris

[jno]

"the lack of a slapstick kitchen scene is to be greatly regretted"

There you are then - kiss of death.

[smurfchops]

Saw him in matinee this week, he seems to be losing the plot, as soon as he came on stage alll the little children (and a lot of the adults) started talking among themselves. Better without him methinks.

[boxtops]

Unfortunately a lot of the younger people will have no idea who he is...

[jno]

that's interesting, smurfchops. He's getting pretty old (77... four years younger than Rolf Harris) and maybe just not cutting the mustard any more.

The last time I saw him was about 1970; he was already doing Edna, though she was not then a dame.