Cinderella opened at the Hackney Empire yesterday. As a young boy growing up in Glasgow I was forced to endure school trips to worthy but incredibly dull pantos put on by the likes of the 7:84 theatre company. No sweets thrown into the audience, no singalongs, no "he's behind you" but unsubtle allegories about nuclear war or racism. Hackney Empire, by contrast, consistently puts on the perfect Christmas show. Great acting, great music and choreography, loads of lame jokes about Hackney. Most importantly their pantos are written in a way that appeals to kids and the adults in the audience at the same time.
Last year's show was described as "Better than Prozac" by the Evening Standard and the Financial Times said the Empire's pantos "have been the most reliably raucous seasonal fun in London"
I urge you to go.
Cllr McShane
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