Goldie Frocks and the Bear Mitzvah

Last year’s inaugural JW3 Jewish panto Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Pig was a cheeky little gem that demonstrated the fact that pantomimes are above all shows rooted in communities – it slotted seamlessly into the festive landscape and was, by-the-by, pretty much the only work of live entertainment available to see in London on Christmas Day itself. It obviously went well as now the same team are bringing us Goldie Frocks and the Bear Mitzvah, a Jewish spin on the Goldielocks story, which sees last year’s Dame Debbie Chazen return to play Mama Bear, alongside Heloise Lowenthal as cheeky young rebel Goldie ‘Frocks’ and in the possibly the year’s most insane piece of casting the brilliant performance artist Frankie Thompson – known for her acclaimed, weird, definitely not family friendly Edinburgh Fringe shows – will be playing ‘13-year old cuddly silly billy Baby Bear’.