Humpty Dumpty – the excuse.
Whereas the York Theatre Royal Pantomime is the highest quality load of old rubbish you could ever hope to see in your lifetime. It just gets more outrageous every year – more costume changes, more elaborate sets, more ad libbing, less plot, and, in this case, Humpty Dumpty humpty dumptied after the first scene. Berwick Kaler has made this his gift to the people of York for over thirty years, aided and abetted by Martin Barrass, Suzy Cooper, and David Leonard and it is just wonderful – I hope to keep going as long as Berwick does.