Some of the cast who will performing in the Aladdin Christmas Panto in Siamsa Tire. From left: Nicole Comerford, Olive Donegan and Maeve Brick. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
PANTO season gets underway in town today with the opening performance of ‘Aladdin’ in Siamsa Tire.
Oliver Hurley Productions will be taking on the classic Arabian tale, adapted most famously by Disney, with plenty of special effects, sing-along moments and loads of laughs.
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“The cast and the audiences love it. There wasn’t a Christmas panto in Tralee for years until we brought it back around six years ago and it has gone from strength to strength since,” said Aladdin’s director, Oliver Hurley.
“The panto has been selling out every year so hopefully this year will be no different. But we still have tickets for every performance at this point,” said Oliver.
“We’ve a cast of about 80 people and a great cast of leads used to doing panto,” said Oliver.
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“You always need a highlight moment in a panto. The big thing we have for audiences this year is a flying carpet sequence which you’ve got to have when doing Aladdin. When we showed it to the cast they were blown away by it, so hopefully the people who come to see us will be even more enthusiastic about it,” said Oliver.
Tickets are available at the Siamsa Tire box office – Call 066-7123055 or alternatively on the website www.siamsatire.com
Performance Times
Tuesday 2:30pm – 7:30pm
Friday 2:30pm – 7:30pm
Saturday 2:30pm – 7:30pm
Sunday 2:30pm -7:30pm
Some of the cast who will performing in the Aladdin Christmas Panto in Siamsa Tire. From left: John Drummey, Tom Hanafin and Gary Murphy. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
Some of the Cast who will performing in the Aladdin Christmas Panto in Siamsa Tire. From left: Mike Lynch, James Finnegan and Tim Moran. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
Was at the panto tonight – honestly the best panto we gave seen in Ireland this Christmas – or any Christmas – – this is panto at its best — no egos here just a fantastic bunch of actors / people – all amateurs we believe but would put the so called ” pros “in dublin and beyond to shame- well done all – the panto tradition lives on – ps , we have seen Aladdin lots of times at home and abroad but it was the first time that the carpet actually flew WOW well done all – bring on the next one