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...With mentorship from musician Talvin Singh, EastEnders actress Tameka Empson, Kwame Kwei-Armah and ever patient musical director Delroy Murray, songs and narrative slowly come together....
.... ★★★★☆ theotherpalace.co.uk Which leaves panto proper, and in London that increasingly means Hackney Empire’s rumbustious romp....
...Although there are only half a dozen or so tales in the traditional pantomime roster, it is unprecedented in my experience for virtually every London panto venue (Hammersmith only excepted) to choose the...
...Mother Goose, Hackney Empire, London Hackney’s annual Christmas pantomime is now well established as London’s most enjoyable, even more so this year with no “posh panto” challenges from the Barbican or...
...It has to be done a certain way to work, but you put someone like Tameka Empson in there and you’ve suddenly brought an old routine into the 21st century.”...
...The gifted comedian Tameka Empson, behind pale pancake as the Queen, treads a fine line by going for humour without letting us off the hook with easy laughter; at one point the Queen has a long and quite...
...‘Peter Pan’, King’s HeadTheatre, London N1. Tel. +44 20 7226 1916. ‘Cinderella’, Hackney Empire, London E8. Tel. +44 20 8985 2424....
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