Ayrton Diablo turns again for Dick Whittington
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Lawrence Hodgson-Mullings and Melanie La Barrie in Dick Whittington at the National Theatre (photo: The Other Richard)
UK - When the COVID-19 pandemic forced UK theatres to close in December 2020, the National Theatre’s pantomime,
Dick Whittington, at the Olivier Theatre had only previewed four times. The performance on the 15 December was filmed and shared on YouTube over the Christmas holiday period with the National Theatre looking to reach as wide an audience as possible despite the closure.
“It was a stunning production and great fun to work on, but a shame people couldn’t experience that magic first-hand,” says its multiple award-winning lighting designer, Jessica Hung Han Yun. “But at least the streaming made it accessible to more people.”