Amazing performance by all. This has to be the most magical show I have been to. My daughter of 4 years adored it, upon leaving she asked can we see it again? This really is a christmas treat for all the family. I do have to say Anita Dobson's performance was outstanding as the Ice Queen. Well done to you all at Mayflower Theatre.
Kim Henwood
Chichester

What a fabulous show - the sets and costumes were amazing and as another poster has commented, Roy Barraclough simply IS Santa. A treat for people of all ages!
Jane Hodson
Stockport, Manchester

Very strong performances from all the cast, congratulations! The children performing should be congratulated especially as coming across very professionally. The sets were magnificent and the plot very appealing to children. I have to say though that Anita Dobson's 'ice queen' was incredible and outstanding; I was mesmerised by her talents in this role and can't sing her praises too highly.
Cerys
Hampshire

I brought my two young grandsons to the show yesterday and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. Great fun. Well done The Mayflower for trying something a little different this Christmas!
Libby Barnes
Salisbury

The most magical and spectacular show ever to appear at The Mayflower! The show was wonderful, every movement every word was spot on. Anita Dobson, Roy Barraclough and Gary Wilmot were excellent in the show.
Chris Mould
Southampton

What a fabulous performance, true Christmas spirit, no vulgarity as in some previous pantos total family enjoyment. I take my hat off to the young dancers, such energy and always a smile on their faces. They made it all look so easy. Congratulations to all involved, a wonderful performance.
Ben Woods
Southampton

This production was very good and all the cast were great at their roles in the production. I have never seen something like this production before. Good luck and well done to all involved with the / in the production cast, well done to everyone at the Mayflower theatre.
Natasha
Eastleigh, Southampton

Excellent! Took 3 children, 11, 5 and 2 1/2. All 3 were mesmerized by entire performance and youngest cried when we had to go home! Thought cast were great, Santa extremely believable and ice queen was excellent! Loved the snow at end of both acts, a really magical touch! All in all a great show to put you in a Christmas mood!
Vicky Stevens
Isle of Wight

My God, what appalling, amateurish drivel. Bring back Jim Davidson and Blobby. (The orchestra, as ever, were good, though).
Chris
Totton

Excellent show, Roy Barraclough looked like the real Santa. I thought the reindeers were funny. Whenever I see penguins I think of me doing the Snow Queen with the Nuffield theatre. Thanks for the best show ever.
Matthew Rawlins

An outstanding evening. Enjoyed every bit of the show. Great sense of humour from every character. A wonderful performance from The Ice Lady, Be great if there was a soundtrack on this show.
James Willett
Southampton

Every year we come and see the pantomime with friends from Devon - 9 of us in all. Each year is usually a wonderful show, this year I must say was a treat being a change from the traditional panto. The whole production was amazing, the cast, the story, sets and ideas. But I must say we were all astounded by Anita Dobson's outstanding performance. If it had been recorded I think she would have won an Oscar! Well done to Anita and all at The Mayflower!
Carol
Bursledon

I thought it was brilliant! A nice break from the pantomime but looking forward to what's in store next year. The snow was a lovely touch! Very unexpected! I thought the Ice Queen's performance was a bit over the top but still very enjoyable! Congratulations to all involved!
Neely Saunders

I and my family have been going to the Mayflower for many years, I am a Premium card holder, we normally sit in the front rows.
For the first time on this date my father was in a wheelchair and we sat in row z (4 persons in total). No problems with the wheelchair access and caring help from the staff. However the show was completely ruined for us by the high proportion of infants in the audiance who just ran riot, their noise also stopping us from hearing the performance. Also the Mayflower in their wisdom had on sale flashing wands which quite naturally the many children used throughout the show and these wands being wafted infront of our eyes prevented us from seeing the show in comfort, infact they caused my mother great distress as she has cataracts.
This was a lookeed forward show on my parents 66th anniversary but shame to say it was a misery. My request is that for future shows the minum age for children be set at 4years instead of the current 2 years and that the flashing wands no longer be sold but perhaps badges instead.
We are not kill joys, the last 2 shows that my husband and I have attended Annie and Scrooge had hundreds of school children in the audiance but their enthusiasm added to the quality of the performance and they were no problem at all.
Mrs P. A. Baines
Christchurch

Response from The Mayflower: Our apologies to Mrs Baines. Afternoon performances do attract more young children and we try to strike a balance between stopping disturbance and allowing them to enjoy themselves. We don't always get it right but if anyone lets our staff know that they are being distracted by the behaviour of particular individuals, we will take whatever action is needed. In selling the wands, we expect children to light them and hold them up occasionally but not to disturb others with them. We realised soon after Santa Claus opened that a minority of children were waving their wands in a distracting way and we have now put signs up asking parents not to let their children do this. Additionally our staff are intervening if they notice any excessive waving.

We all agreed that the performace was outstanding. We've been coming to The Mayflower for a few years and everyone was very entertaining, but this one was different because the staging made you being pulled in to the action which made it different and we all said how good all the main performers were. And also the chorus were very well constructed and very well designed costumes well done to you all at Santa Claus.
Woodfords
Isle of Wight

The show was absolutely brilliant, and I am glad we, as a family went. My 14 yr old son didn't initially want to go, but he too found Gary Wilmot very funny... and they both enjoyed the snow... it made our Christmas.. thank you very much.
M Brown
Southsea

Congratulations on putting on such a fantastic Christmas Show. It is what Christmas is all about. The cast are excellent! Well done to everyone working so hard behind the scenes. A special 'hello' to Laura and Charlotte. Keep smiling as we are so proud of you both.
Elaine and Gary
Southampton

This musical is such all round entertainment, funny, musical, great performances from the main cast to all the elves in Santa's workshop. It was a pleasure to watch and if you don't believe in Santa, meet this one... he is for real!
Proud Mother of little elf
Totton

To tell you the truth, back in June or July when we first bought the tickets, I had not really benn looking forward to seeing the show. For the past ten years I have been seeing the pantomimes at the Mayflower and have really enjoyed each one. I would like to congratulate everybody envolved in the production as from the moment the show began I knew it was going to be excellent. We sat at the front and centre of the dress circle and felt that we had a great view. We were mesmorised when the orchestra pit was lifted to stage level. Well done everyone involved - I hope the show comes back in years to come as I would love to see it again. Anita Dobson and Gary Wilmot were amazing!! Keep up the good work.
Ben Holmes
Southsea

What a great show, Hilary O'Neil was fantastic, the children was brilliant especally the little penguin.
Joe Hutton
Totton

What a great show this really is. A proud Mum of one of the pink team Elves, all the girls have done so well... we are all very proud of you. The cast are fantastic. They have been just wonderful to our girls, such friendly & kind people & the girls have loved every minute of it. Thanks all of you for coming to their party on Saturday!
Alison
Southampton

The show was so amazing. It really had the spirit of christmas. It was the best show I have seen the show was unique and special. The cast were lively and the effects were brilliant.
Heather
Bognor Regis

My friend Tink and I are both growing up fast in lots of ways but no one can be too old for this production - it was superb! If there's anything that heaves Christmas atmosphere, this was it! We loved every minute of it; it was so adorable and 'feel-good'. I'd love to see it again - I know we were both left in tears!
Alice

This was an incrediable performance, very magical and well worth seeing, certanly got me in the christmas spirit!
Karen Stevens
Southampton

Wonderful show, my daughter and I come to southampton every year. We also bring friends and family when they can make it. No one has ever been let down as yet, well done, we are looking forward to White Christmas and other shows for the coming year, as we do try and make as many as possible.
Bidds and Sheena
Guernsey, Channel Islands

It was really good and it got into the Christmas mood also was very upbeat with all the songs and dancing.
Rachel Burgess
Medstead