Esk Valley Theatre, Glaisdale

We have lived in Whitby for approaching 5 years and each year have promised ourselves that we would go to Esk Valley Theatre (EVT) but have never got around to it. This year we have been twice.

On Tuesday last week 8 of us went to see a Pocket Panto production of Dick Whittington - There were 4 generations of our family there ranging in age from 4 to 90 and one person from each generation really didn't like the idea of a panto. How wrong we were, every one of us had a great time watching the three performers enact the tale of Dick on his London adventure and we all laughed throughout the performance.

In contrast to this just the 2 of us went to see Second from last in the Sack Race on Monday night (instead of watching the Regatta fireworks in the rain!) and once again had a fabulous night. EVT is only a theatre for one month a year but the productions of both programmes were excellent. We will be back next year.