Mother Goose review: a ‘cheerfully chaotic’ panto where Ian McKellen steals the show

If this is McKellen’s swansong, then ‘what a happy and glorious way to go’

Ian McKellen and John Bishop on stage
Ian McKellen and John Bishop lead a cast that ‘bursts with chemistry and charisma’

This joyful and “cheerfully chaotic” panto will be breaking with convention after Christmas by going on the road until April, said Clive Davis in The Times. And hurrah for that, because in these bleak times, it’s the kind of “knockabout entertainment that we need”.

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