Warm temperatures haven’t put a thaw on unbridled icy enthusiasm as Freezing returns to Ottawa “Bigger, Bolder… Colder” for its second seasonal run at The Gladstone Theatre.
From the opening parody song and dance number “No business like snow business” the stage is set for a performance both professionally polished and alive with playful humour.
An edited version of this review was published by APT613.ca
Warm temperatures haven’t put a thaw on unbridled icy enthusiasm as Freezing returns to Ottawa “Bigger, Bolder… Colder” for its second seasonal run at The Gladstone Theatre.
From the opening parody song and dance number “No business like snow business” the stage is set for a performance both professionally polished and alive with playful humour.
Will Lamond delivers a devilish Hans in Freezing
Appropriately for a pantomime the show never takes itself too seriously, convivially embracing the fine tradition of on-stage slapstick coupled with audience participation. Freezing ticks all the boxes of the traditional Christmas panto; parodying an – albeit new – classic, incorporating rollicking song and dance, bringing nonsense and groaner comedy alongside current political references to the fore and including the controversial yet iconic cross-dressing pantomime dame – finely played by Constant Bernard. The dame, facing politically…
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Jennifer Cavanagh 