Audience members share their post show thoughts on Beauty and the Beast.
Kevin McGreevy, who plays Pimple in the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry’s pantomime, Beauty and the Beast, gives us a progress report from technical rehearsals.
Beauty and the Beast’s Lighting Designer, Dave Muir, gives us an update on the show’s Lighting Design during a break in technical rehearsals.
It’s technical rehearsal time for Beauty and the Beast, which is when we make sure that all of the technical aspects of the show work properly and on cue etc.
We caught up with Martyn Davies, the Belgrade’s Head of Sound and Sound Designer for Beauty and the Beast.
Josephine Warren, who plays the Enchantress, and Charlie Ryan, who plays Will-Do-It, interview each other!
Beauty and the Beast’s Designer, Sarah Burton, shows us the panto’s Wolf and Bat masks, which were designed by Sarah and then made by Sherri Hazzard.
There is Nothing Like a Dame - Coventry’s favourite cross-dresser, Mr. Andy Hockley, in various Belgrade Theatre pantomimes from recent years!
A word from the choreographer
“Just finished choreographing the Bad Boys scene with Andrew Gordon-Watkins (Eugene) and Kevin McGreevy (Pimple).
“Trying not to make it too rude! The boys have got great energy – they need it for the routine. They also need to warm up every morning – ready for the splits at the end of the song!”
Esther Collins
Coventry’s favourite Dame, Andy Hockley, is fitted for one of his many costumes by Beauty and the Beast’s designer, Sarah Burton, along with Margaret Lock and Mandy Brown from the Belgrade’s Wardrobe Department.
Time for a Beauty-full Christmas treat - oh yes it is!
Welcome to the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry’s blog for Beauty and the Beast! We’ll be posting all kinds of panto-tastic things here between now and the end of the run, so keep checking back for the all latest updates.
Every year thousands of families make the Belgrade Theatre’s legendary pantomime an essential part of their Christmas celebrations. This year’s show, Beauty and the Beast, is an enchanting tale of heroic adventure, true love and festive frivolity and will run on the Belgrade’s Main Stage from 30 November to 9 January.
Beauty and the Beast is once again created by the team of Iain Lauchlan and Will Brenton, who have written, directed and starred in numerous Belgrade pantos as well as having created the children’s TV phenomenon The Tweenies.
“The Belgrade has set a standard the others are going to find hard to match.” Birmingham Post on last year’s pantomime
Coventry favourite, Andy Hockley, returns as the glamorous Dame Dorothy-Do-It, whizzing around on her turbo-charged Hoover! Spectacular costumes, wonderful sets and loads of laughs bring this enchanting tale to life.
“Is this the best panto I’ve seen in years? Oh yes. It. Is.”
Coventry Telegraph on last year’s pantomime
You’ll also meet a host of other characters including the arrogant bully Eugene, his sidekick Porky Pimple and of course, Beauty, with her captivating love that saves the beast from his ill-fated destiny.
Tickets for Beauty and the Beast, which runs from 30 November to 9 January, are available from the Box Office on 024 7655 3055 priced from £11 to £19.25. You can also book online at www.belgrade.co.uk.
