A slap of a thigh says that? It does, when the thigh belongs to Suzanne Donaldson, and she – in short tunic, knee-high boots, and with a jaunty disposition – is our hero, Dick Whittington.
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Dick Whittington, Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock
It’s the slap of the thigh that is the ultimate give away – a blow for pantomime tradition that, along with the messy slapstick and the robustly sustained interaction with the audience, declares that the old ways of panto have a place in modern family entertainment.
