Review | Sleeping Beauty at New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth: 'A show which won't leave you napping'

The show is created by pantomime specialists Jordan Productions and moves at a brisk clip – it certainly doesn’t feel two-and-a-half-hours.

The plot now features time travel for reasons which don’t make a great deal of sense of you think too hard about it. But let’s face it, panto plots are largely placeholders for the gags and routines, and so it is the case here. That said, the script feels fresh – the rhyming couplets from Ella Rose Thomas as Fairy Fortywinks fly as they should, and the cast are uniformly excellent.