Aladdin 2010

Aladdin

An absolutely fun packed traditional Pantomime with a little something for all the family. This Aladdin is a hilarious brand new version lovingly brought to life in truly awesome Panto style. A Good Old Proper Pantomime... and it’s a guaranteed Christmas Cracker... a riotous romp for boys and girls ...
...size six and upwards!!

“Loads of surprises...for kids of all sizes”

This year we could not possibly be more excited about presenting our second Panto Aladdin. Putting this together has been truly collaborative and such enormous fun!
The Derby Youth Theatre Workshop has achieved a long standing reputation for innovation and theatrical risk taking. Aladdin has offered us a fantastic opportunity to not only make theatrical sense of the original story but also to wrap it up in the mystical and much respected trappings of traditional Panto.

All the Workshop trademark features abound... spectacular high energy performances, creative settings, terrific music, seriously sumptuous costumes, atmospheric lighting and real attention to detail.

Aladdin really does promise to be a most excellent evening’s entertainment. As in all good Pantomimes it has something for everyone... guaranteed to enthral and captivate the youngsters and send the grown- ups away with dirty great smirks.

In true Panto stylings, Aladdin is packed full of visual gags, witty dialogue, enormous costumes, clever sets, dazzling lights, traditional characters as well as bucket loads of double’ entendre’. It’s bound to appeal to young boys and girls as well as old and wrinkly boys and girls.

All of the favourite characters are there… hapless Aladdin and the beautiful Princess, her overbearing Father Emperor Ali Khazi-Zimmerframe, her rather dumb handmaiden LilyWong and not forgetting the fabulous Widow Twankey, Wishee Washee, the Evil Abanazer (Boooh!) and the rather fashion conscious Genie of the Lamp! New characters have been introduced also to make this original production of Aladdin a fresh, superbly crafted laugh a minute re-working of the traditional tale.

Don’t miss out... Book NOW for this fantastic not to be missed opportunity! Without a doubt Aladdin promises to be a magical and unforgettable Panto...
....the perfect start to your Christmas frolics.

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A New Look

Hello and Welcome to our much improved and user friendly Workshop Website.
There are still some dodgy chronological statistics to be reconciled... but we are essentially looking back at around 25 years of Derby Youth Theatre Workshop productions.. which can only really be described as mostly awesome!

So from those founder members who officially launched the Workshop in 1986 with 'The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe'...to those eager and talented members .. who even as we speak are well into rehearsals for 'Aladdin' 2010.. Congratulations for the part that you have played in this most outstanding theatrical enterprise.

This website holds a wealth of artistic and creative memories for all of us.. and you should be proud of the part that you have played in this almost Legendary phenomenon..

Special thanks to Jared and Jonno for their efforts in kicking life back into the website.. so now it's over to you .. sign in and EnJoy!

From Jared....
It would be pretty hard not to notice the site has undergone a redesign. As well as this, a lot of new content has been added so be sure to check it out :)

If you were after the old site in particular, you can still access it here.

It's very possible there are a few small hiccups still to be uncovered, so be sure to keep us posted below if you find any :)

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Diary Update: January 9th..

Oh dear... Well at some point someone ought to post a mahooosive update on the production of Aladdin.. which .. (and we have it on paper folks) was probably the best Panto ever... once again thanks to the talented team of actors,
stage-crew, designers, costume makers, painters, performers, the end as they say is listless!! There are certainly more production pictures that will soon be flying into the Aladdin gallery...
It is, as always a mark of everyone's professionalism that you all managed to create yet another totally awesome production .. without all the jabbering.. moaning.. hugging and kissing..and pretentious claptrap that so often accompanies events like this... Job done .. it was fantastic..possibly even unsurpassable.. but .. there will always be life after the last amazing production... and yes .. several shows must go on...

We are already thinking of another Workshop-workshop evening..pencilled in for possible late April and tentatively titled "Come Dine With Me".. don't personally see what's wrong with "Eating Out" .. but there you go!

and big massive plans are already underway for our Christmas production .. "The Ice Queen"

Top news though is that we will be holding Auditions on Wednesday 19th January at 7:00 in the Drama studios. Please get in contact if you would like details...

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