Reporter: Colin Meredith
Date online: 12/06/2008

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is arguably the best known fairy tale ever,so the audience at MADS latest production waited with eager anticipation for what was to come. They did not leave disappointed having experienced an enchanting production of this popular tale.

The show started with a prologue from Fairy Thistledown played with assured confidence by Tracy Wood and we were soon introduced to a strong team of dancers who complimented this Maureen Davenport production throughout.

As we all know, Snow White is a young and beautiful princess, who is suppressed by an evil Queen and Charlotte Cox and Jane Jeffrey were able to establish their characters from their first entrance. The comedy was provided by Brian Haworth as Dame Goodheart and Geoff Williams as Chuckles. They worked well in getting the youngsters in the audience involved from the start.

When the Queen discovers that Snow Whites beauty will one day surpass her own she orders Chuckles to take her out into the forest and kill her. Unable to kill the love of his life he takes back a lambs heart in the casket to fool the Queen leaving Snow White in the Forest. It was a shame we didn¹t meet the dwarfs in this production until act two as they gave some of the strongest performances.

When Snow White takes a bite of the poisoned apple the Dwarfs think she is dead and place her in a glass coffin which is the cue for Prince Michael (Julie Dignan) to appear and awaken Snow White. The dwarfs came across as confident and well rehearsed in their scenes and almost stole the show.

The whole cast provided us with two hours of solid traditional pantomime which held the audiences interest right up to the spectacular finale.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - MADS St James School Milnrow
Saturday 26 February 2005