J'AIME December 2020
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measures to reassure our patrons, and even some<br />
brand new jokes.<br />
“After a most unusual year, we look forward to<br />
spending two weeks bringing the very best antidote<br />
to your seasonal blues, right here in Lichfield, right<br />
here in your local theatre and right here in your very<br />
own bubbles. We look forward to celebrating with<br />
you.”<br />
Sam Rabone, from just down the road is Streetly, is<br />
returning for his fifth Lichfield Garrick panto. He<br />
will be back in a dress as Dame Trott and is also<br />
directing the production this time.<br />
He said: “I’m so excited to be back at the Garrick for<br />
what is going to be a huge treat but with a bite-sized<br />
feel. With very few pantomimes in the Midlands, it<br />
is amazing to be part of one of the few festive shows<br />
that are happening.<br />
“The Garrick along with Evolution smash it every<br />
year, and this year is going to be no different. With<br />
audiences chomping at the bit to get in, we cannot<br />
wait to entertain them, bring laughter and make it<br />
feel like Christmas...all in a COVID-secure way.<br />
“It’s going to be the smallest panto that Lichfield<br />
has ever seen, and we can’t wait. We’ll all have<br />
been spending the lockdown socially distanced<br />
and isolated from one another and then going into<br />
rehearsal once the lockdown is lifted.<br />
“It’s going to be great to be back on a stage in front<br />
of a proper audience - it’ll be my first proper theatre<br />
show since January 5.<br />
“I do feel very proud that Lichfield Garrick was one<br />
of the first theatres in the country to announce that<br />
it would be staging a panto as long as it’s legal to do<br />
so.”<br />
Sam’s co-stars will include ventriloquist Max<br />
Fulham, as Jack, and his talking monkey friend<br />
Gordon, who will be playing himself in the show.<br />
Max will be a familiar face to some of the youngest<br />
audience members as he’s appeared on TV in<br />
CBBC’s Crackerjack.<br />
“It’ll be my first time working in Lichfield, but not<br />
my first panto,” he said. “I’m looking forward to<br />
spending some time in the area after lockdown in a<br />
bubble with Gordon the Monkey.<br />
“I do feel very lucky to be part of one of the few<br />
pantos taking place this year. People need the chance<br />
to have a smile and a laugh more than ever.”<br />
It’ll be the first ever panto performance for Lorraine<br />
Brown, who is more used to travelling around<br />
the world as a singer than dressing up as Fairy<br />
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