★★★★

Local comedian Tucker steals the show with his hysterical antics in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Tucker throws himself into the part of fall guy Herbie the Huntsman, especially in a hilariously funny version of Twelve Days of Christmas as he runs frantically through the stalls trying to retrieve his five toilet rolls which audience members hurl around.

Fellow funster Martyn Knight, playing Herbie's mother Dame Dolly, and Tom Senior, as Prince Simon, also set up the laughs in this slick routine. Tom shows good chemistry with Hannah Boyce, who makes a delightful Snow White. They provide great vocal harmony in For Once in My Life, but Tucker and Knight take some of the limelight in a filmed background sequence.

Natasha Gray (Elsa Chappell in Emmerdale) also excels as the evil Queen Narcissia, having taken the role two days before opening night after Denise Black dropped out due to "unforeseen circumstances". Despite an impressive snow scene, Snow White lacks the spectacle of some previous Devonshire Park pantos, but Chris Jordan, who directs and co-writes with Ian Marr, again serves up great entertainment.

Excellent support is given by Maddie Hope Coelho, as Fairy Goodapple, ensemble dancers Ruby Greenwood, Danny Becker and Koda Holland-Smith, and children from the Deborah Lamb Theatre Arts School, who wear imposing masks to play the Seven Dwarfs.