The central theme of this fast-moving production is that an evil witch wipes the memories of four stock pantomime characters who hail from The Land of Make Believe.

The good fairy has countered this evil spell with a reprieve: the characters must act out plots in order to find which one is their “home” in order to free them from amnesia.

So in one evening we get to see compressed versions of Sleeping Beauty,Aladdin, Dick Whittington, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White and Cinderella as the characters try on their roles in different plots.

We get six for the price of one, much excellent singing and dancing, and even a music hall-style comic song as well. The premise is sort of postmodern, the execution strictly traditional.

The acting was all terrific. Husband and wife Julia and Will Kempe were wonderfully wicked as the Witch who almost parodies herself and her number two, Wizbad, who sported an amusing array of accents.

Stephen Notman’s Dame was OTT camp and suitably outrageous; Shawn Angiers delivered groan-making puns with real panache. Good fairy Jessii Terra made us believe in her and her mission to counter evil. Kieran Hamilton and Lindsey Frazier were excellent lead boy and girl; Kieran delivering a heartfelt song, This is the Moment, and Lindsey, a comic operatic, coarse acting a series of deaths as Sleeping Beauty and Snow White. Anthony Rocker, Aladdin’s very Bermudian genie, was a lovely mix of cynicism and obeisance.

This gargantuan production, brilliantly directed by Laura Bardgett and produced by Kim Day and Emma Muggleton, is a perfect example of how panto is rooted in the community, drawing us all together. Lisa Maule’s music was fun, focused and nicely textured.

The dancing, thanks to Sophie Whitmore’s choreography, was energetic and aesthetically pleasing. The costumes were wonderful.

But above all, it was the junior chorus, dancers and their contemporaries in the audience who enchanted us. This is a must-see show for the whole family.

•Adventure in Pantoland runs until Saturday at the Earl Cameron Theatre at 7pm, with a matinee at 2pm on the closing day. Tickets, $35, are available at www.ptix.bm. The box office opens an hour before performances. Call 292-2313 for information.