Allison Symes's Blog - Posts Tagged "pantomimes"
Watching Stories
I’ve just enjoyed watching a fabulous pantomime, Cinderella , staged by my excellent local amateur theatre company. It was a
wonderful evening’s entertainment (oh yes it was!).
Most of the stories I enjoy I do take in via books of various formats - paperback, ebook etc - but there is a case to be made for watching stories on the stage, via film, and listening to them too via radio and audio books.
But watching stories I think is especially interesting. Is what you are seeing on the stage or via a film matching up with what you’ve already imagined if you’ve already read the book or story the production is based on?
For Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the answer to that was yes. The pantomimes are faithful to the original fairytales too though they do bring in extra characters like Buttons. But nothing spoils the original story. And that matters.
In an ideal world, those who don’t read much will watch stories and maybe be tempted to check the original books out. I would like to think this happens, at least sometimes.
wonderful evening’s entertainment (oh yes it was!).
Most of the stories I enjoy I do take in via books of various formats - paperback, ebook etc - but there is a case to be made for watching stories on the stage, via film, and listening to them too via radio and audio books.
But watching stories I think is especially interesting. Is what you are seeing on the stage or via a film matching up with what you’ve already imagined if you’ve already read the book or story the production is based on?
For Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the answer to that was yes. The pantomimes are faithful to the original fairytales too though they do bring in extra characters like Buttons. But nothing spoils the original story. And that matters.
In an ideal world, those who don’t read much will watch stories and maybe be tempted to check the original books out. I would like to think this happens, at least sometimes.
