Peter Pan, Manchester Opera House, Manchester

Well I came from IRELAND with my girlfriend and it was my 1st panto and I totally enjoyed loved it it was funny it had great comedy it was as good same as a comedy tv series good laugh comedy mixed into play of hook I totally go to another panto plus DAVID HASSELHOFF MY IDOL saw him for 1st time in stage he. Is fantastic and girl that did Peter and man who played hook worker he was funny I give 10/10 5stars and Manchester opera house is my favourite and I love panto equal to cinema .

Smee and the pirates made this show for me.The twelve days of xmas pirate style had us all in hysterics.Hoff was good but Gemma Atkinson was boring.Also loved the gospel singers and had some very funny kids get on stage to do Gangnam Style.

Starting off on a positive, Tam Ryan is excellent (as always). I think advertising him as one of the star's of the show will always sell tickets. On the whole I thought Peter Pan was poor and would think twice about going again. I think they should of had Tam on stage in the first 5 mins to get the audience involved. We want to be involved! It took The Hoff about 25 mins to enter the stage and as the main attraction that was way too long. I also enjoyed the scenes with him in it and was amused no one wanted to boo and hiss when he was being bad (i think we felt too disrespectful) I also believe it lacked the usual professional dancing and singing talent from previous years. Children like singing and dancing and we like them being happy. We also don't mind a bit of music to keep us entertained too.

we enjoyed peter pan it was great tam ryan makes the show, hes great hope hes back next year.

My friend and I went to see this pantomine on Friday 14/12/2012.Compared to last years production of Cinderella, we thought it was poor David Hasselhoff was awful and in no way could he be descibed as the star of the show .The dog and crocodlie were futile

Tam Ryan deserves a massive pay rise and star status for he saved this Pantomine He is so funny and engages with the audience from the smallest child to the oldest person

Tam Ryan , the Pirates and the Motown singers were fantastic and made the Pantomine entertaining Well done to them

Considering the high price of the tickets this year it was an expensive show Hope that next years Pantomine will see a return to the usual high Quality production with stars that can entertain the audience

During the performance we were constantly annoyed and distracted by flashing wands etc. These were sold before and at the interval. My Grandson had to change seats several times to avoid these flashing lights which kept appearing in front of him. It has made my family think twice about attending another performance in the future.

The production of Peter Pan at Manchester was good with decent audio around the theatre, with the best performance by Wendy in the show. The overall production was good, with the effects for Tinkerbell done quite convincingly, and had the children and most of the adults enthralled with joining in. the songs, although not the best did make the show hold together somewhat better than miss atkinson did!on a lesser note, in case any of the theatre staff actually read this, please, tell the children that get the flashy toys not to wave them about all night long, it's just a little courtesy than can be accomplished by using the mike to tell people, like i was told that gary wilmot would not be in the show without a reason!!!

In a pantomime called Peter Pan, a fair proportion of the show is going to feature a character called Peter Pan, so at least get someone who connects with the audience. Gemma Atkinson to me just seems to have very little personna and certainly not that of a devilish , little imp willing to fight a full grown pirate. Someone told me once that acting was all about actors reacting to other actors and events on the stage - I should imagine pantomime is one step further and involves reacting to the audience. Gemma Atkinson did none of this and seemed unaware of anyone around her. Her scenes with the stage children would have been totally boring if it had not been for Jen Pringle,as Wendy, rescuing the situation. In fact, I think Jen Pringle would have made a better Peter Pan.

As it was the pantomime was a show of two parts - a mostly boring bit featuring Gemma Atkinson and just thinly rescued by Jen Pringle and a much better half featuring John Thompson and Gary Wilmot . They played Captain Hook and Mr Smee respectively. The pair carried out some funny and deft scenes together which made the audience feel they had not been forgotten - which, of course, is what pantomime is all about. All in all though if I could have got my money back I would have done.It was supposed to be about Peter Pan and Peter Pan was a nonentity with no magic to entice the audience. Its the worst pantomime I have seen at the Opera House.

We took our two children aged 5 and 9 to see Peter Pan at Manchester Opera House and thought it was absolutley fantacstic. We've seen plently of other pantos and this one was up there with the best. Gary Wilmot was the best by far along with John Thompson and Strike. Gemma wasn't as bad as everyone is making out, although at times she did seem a little embarrased. If this was her first panto I think she did a pretty good job. Well done to everyone involved in the show. My children left with massive smiles on their faces as did us adults.

I thought Gemma Atkinson was absolutely dreadful. She looked bored by everything going on around her and appeared to be embarrassed or disinterested in any the scenes especially the dancing and singing parts. This was a great shame as the rest of the cast especially Smee and the pirates were great fun, as a panto should be. Lose Gemma, the show would be much better for it.