“This might be the smallest pantomime in town, but it provides epic fun.”
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"This is the show that launched a thousand puns, mostly ancient-Greek-oriented, and just as many corny rhymes, all delivered with high energy and greeted with joyful groans. To say it’s no epic is a compliment."
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" 'Odyssey: A Heroic Pantomime' is the genre at its very best with heroes to cheer and villains to boo. The characters almost line-up like a group of Marvel heroes ready to do battle, but this pays tribute to innovative design and casting. A pun laden script swings from laughter to groaner but is never less than entertaining."
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"This is an enjoyable panto, well-performed and a refreshing change from the usual stories, though still retaining the traditional components. So, entering into the spirit, I won’t lyre to you, ... it’s worth taking a Minotaur two for a detour to see this fun production which Ouzo’s with charm."
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“Featuring enough smutty Greek jokes to turn the whole crowd Homer-sexual, ‘Odyssey’ is not really for children but CCO’s constituency will already know that...And there’s a fabulously haughty, vocally commanding dame, Rosie Strobel’s Circe — still imperious even when disguised as a giant doner kebab.”
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