Aladdie

A Raw Material & Cumbernauld Theatre Production
Directed by Gordon Dougall

A brilliantly bubbly, fantastically funny Scottish pantomime with a spin!

Aladdie is a boy who’s so poor he hasnae even got a name. He’s just a laddie. He keeps cheery thanks to his best pal Peely Wally, a ginormous singing pigeon, and together they work at the market in the magical town of Bubblenauld, a place not unlike Cumbernauld, only somewhat sillier, surprisingly soapier and supremely singalongsongier.

Bubblenauld is quite literally bubbly, with thousands of soap bubbles drifting from the old leaky washing machines in the legendary laundrette Manky Washing, run by Aladdie’s mum Widow Manky. Hard times have left her struggling to keep the place going. Enter nasty Uncle Rab Anazer, the richest and meanest creature in all of Bubblenauld. He wants to con Widow Manky out of her laundrette, knock it down and make himself even richer while everyone else grows more skint and miserable.

When Aladdie receives a miraculous visit from Magic Auntie Jeanie and her enchanted wishing powder, he finally has a chance to fight back, save the laundrette and maybe even win the heart of the gorgeous Lorna Sausage. But Rab Anazer has plenty of dastardly tricks up his sleeves and even magic might not be enough to stop him. Will it all come oot in the wash?

Packed with original catchy songs, jokes, dances, thrills, laughter and soapy slapstick, Aladdie is a fast, hysterically funny and big-hearted interactive festive panto for the whole family.

_{Priority booking is open now for Friends of Cumbernauld Theatre. Tickets go on general sale Tue 10 March.}