My first panto of the season, which was put on by the Beaufort Players in the hall of the Church of the Ascension in Hanger Lane, which is their usual venue.
I rushed straight off from Mass and got the Central Line to Hanger Lane, which is I think the quickest way to get there. From Hanger Lane you can get either a bus or walk down to the church, which is actually in Beaufort Gardens.
Pantostein, which the publicity described as "A scarily silly phantomime" was set in Transylvania, and was a new pantomime, written for the Beaufort Players. But it had all the usual ingredients, including the local allusions, as in "If you stand round doing nothing people will think you work for Ealing Council"
The actors were, as usual, excellent, although I sometimes found the fake German accents a bit difficult to follow.
Unusually for the Beaufort Players, the hall wasn't packed; often when I've been to their performances, I've had to sit right at the back, as everything nearer the front had already gone. But this evening I had an excellent aisle seat.
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