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Curtain Call review by The Daily Echo.

The Mountbatten Players report themselves as staging amateur theatre with a professional outlook and that was immediately apparent with the sparkling sets, a good script full of wit and story-weaving (Daniel Farrell), gorgeous costumes (Liz Powney), creative lighting (Luke Hornbuckle) and sharp choreography (Nicola Buss and Elle Wolf).

IN MOUNTBATTEN Players’ new pantomime, the Sleeping Beauty story was given a straightforward retelling amid comic escapades, song and dance numbers, a delicious dame, a great baddie, slapstick, bad jokes and a happy ending.

Curtain call review by The Daily Echo

In this Agatha Christie whodunnit – Sam Dickinson’s directorial debut – Dr John Cristow is looking forward to a relaxing weekend at a friend’s country house, but sees his plans thwarted, firstly by the presence of a secret lover and then by an old flame.

Daniel Farrell stars as the in demand doctor, matched by Elle Wolf as his (apparently) doting wife, Gerda.

Curtain Call review by The Daily Echo.

PRIMARILY a fundraising venture for Countess Mountbatten House, it would be uncharitable to criticise this often hilarious pantomime too much.

A shaky start, with some sound and lighting problems, was quickly overcome and the laughs just kept on coming.

A clever script worked well at all levels, with enough double-entendres to amuse the mainly adult audience.

Curtain Call review by the Daily Echo

TO CELEBRATE their “coming of age”, Mountbatten Players chose to stage the perennial favourite Aladdin – and with productions of this calibre they’ll be entertaining the south for at least another 21 years.

Peter Pan
Mountbatten Players The Point Eastleigh

Peter Pan, the musical, closely follows the original book of the boy who never grew up. Its rather sexist overtures are overridden by a truly magical story, which have enchanted children for more than a century.

Mountbatten Players captured that magic with their versatile set, ethereal lighting, wonderful costumes (especially the crocodile) and visual effects.

Hampshire Chronicle January 6-12 2011

The story of Aladdin, like other pantos, centers around a poor boy who makes good, eventually marrying the princess whom he dearly loves. Mountbatten Players appear to have a plethora of excellent singers amongst their number. It was a delight to see, and hear them cast in roles which suited their individual talents, where the dancers could be admired, and the acting was encompassing. All the main characters were performed with panache, but a man allowed very few words by his wife, Emperor Ming Vase (Frank Baker), almost stole the show.

Hanger Farm Arts Centre. The Mountbatten Players presented with great verve Alan Ayckbourn?s Wildest Dreams, a dark comedy of four dysfunctional individuals who, each Thursday, thrived in a fantasy world of a role-playing game and the changes wrought on them by the arrival of Marcie, fleeing from her bullying husband.

Imaginative staging and an impressive set made good use of the Arts Centre?s space, although actors in the side sets were sometimes obscured by the pillars. The strong cast visibly grew into their roles.

Confusions was a fusion. of characters and plays offering a wry look at human nature in different situations with hilarious results. Mountbatten Players combined their talents to direct and act in five interlinked plays by Alan Ayckbourn supported by the melodic Simon Burvill Orchestra and a slick backstage crew.