Duo take popshots at Potter

5 April 2012

I first saw a version of this unhinged and decidedly unauthorised romp through the JK Rowling oeuvre last Christmas. Since then there has been a seventh book but even the shocks of the finale have done little to alter this fundamentally silly show, which still whizzes along like a six-year-old on Sunny Delight.

Children's entertainers Dan and Jeff have cherry-picked highlights and play every character in this no-expense-spent production. Jeff is inevitably a little old for Harry initially, yet by the time the teenage angst kicks in he captures the mix of heroism and hormones pretty well.

Dan does the real legwork, brandishing toy props and tackling everyone from Ali G wannabe Ron Weasley to Voldemort and Snape. It is a full-on turn and he barely misses a beat. A halfway audience game of Quidditch might have offered a chance to catch his breath but he insisted on getting stuck in.

This is essentially a show for pre-teens, with enough pop culture references to keep senior Potterites interested. There are nods to Tolkien and Narnia and a costume malfunction prompted Dan to suggest Jeff had "done a Britney". As for Dumbledore being gay, Albus was described as "the only wizard in the village".

At 75 minutes rather than the promised hour, the muggles could have been restless but they were hooked from Hogwarts Express start to wittily reworked I Will Survive finish.

Until 5 January (0870 060 6632, www.theambassadors.com/ trafalgarstudios/).

Potted Potter: The Unauthorised Harry Experience - A Parody By Dan And Jeff
Trafalgar Studios 2 (formerly Whitehall Theatre)
Whitehall, SW1A 2DY

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