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maltatoday SUNDAY 22 APRIL 2018 37 FIVE years ago Steve Hili had a crazy idea for an Adult Panto in Summer… and now it's back for the 5th year with it's proven crazy formula to provide a hilari- ously naughty night to it's adult- only audiences. The weather is getting warm- er, the days are getting longer and the traffic… well that pretty much stays the same all the time. But all of this can only mean one thing, the Adult Panto in Sum- mer is back! Since it's inception the Adult Panto has quickly become the raunchiest, rowdiest and most ridiculous show of the year! Based on a traditional panto, but with all the "nice, kiddie" bits cut out of it, and featuring some of the funniest people in Malta it has proven to be a hit with local and foreign audiences. And with this edition of the show celebrat- ing the Adult Panto's 5th anni- versary, Steve Hili and his team are pulling out all the stops! This time around, Sleeping Beauty is getting the adult pan- to treatment, in a story that in- volves the hottest princess in the land whose life gets all messed up because of a little prick... lit- erally. All the while, the baddest baddie in history is making a play for ultimate power, and the only thing that can stop her is an out-of-control dame and her son Tiny Konrad. Oh, and Marlene's Magical Gbejna of course! Will the baddies be defeated? Will good win the day? Who will come (ahem) out on top? You can only find out by getting your tickets to Sleeping Beauty Steve Hili's Adult Panto in Sum- mer, which will be performed at Spazju Kreattiv from June 1 to June 10. For more information and book- ings, log on to: www.adultpan- tomalta.com This Week Bin 311 Chardonnay is sourced from a single, cool- climate (and some would say risky, marginal) region and each year the fruit selection is made to reflect the Bin 311 style. 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Ltd, Valley Road, Birkirkara T: 2144 4400 THE PENFOLDS COLLECTION Bin 311 Tumbarumba Chardonnay 2016 Summer panto returns with Sleeping Beauty The fifth edition of Steve Hili's 'adult panto' amps up Sleeping Beauty for a grown-up crowd Laughing at ourselves Vasco – Modena Park exclusive at the Eden Cinemas Teatru Malta's Maltese-language adaptation of Harold Pinter's The Hothouse – Is-Serra – intends to strike a timeless nerve THE Hothouse is a tragicomedy written during the winter of 1958. The sinister piece that dared to dis- sect the inner workings of an ill- managed mental institution was cast aside by its author; until it was finally produced in 1979. Who would have guessed that Pinter's menacing rants would make perfect sense 60 years later, in Malta? And so, Teatru Malta launches its inaugural production: a Maltese-language translation of Pinter's modern classic, with a text by acclaimed playwright Simone Spi- teri and a production directed by the promising young talent, the actor- director Andre Agius (Skylight). Pinter's writings are timelessly re- latable because they are plays built on conversations had by people, peo- ple who face struggles that are com- mon to any age. We all know who the main characters of Is-Serra are: we speak to them everyday. Roote, played by Victor Debono, is the tired head of the institution, who is des- perately trying to retain his position of control and power but is failing miserably and quite laughably at it. Is he failing at it because he isn't good enough, however, or is it because the flawed system he's been subjected to has set him up to fail? Maria Buckle, as Miss Cutts, trans- forms into a menacingly shrewd and calculating temptress. Cutts, who apart from being the director's mistress, is also involved with her colleague Gibbs, the ambitious and overachieving employee who will be played by Mark Mifsud. Lush played by Kurt Castillo, is your typical alco- holic on the job, sneaking in a whis- key or two between rounds. So with the lines of professionalism blurred this much, it's no surprise that no one can make sense of what's going on in the institution where patients lose their names and become noth- ing but numbers, numbers on dis- organized files that risk never being found again. The cast also features a number of theatrical favourites like Joe Depasquale, Anthony Ellul and the young Benjamin Abela. Spiteri's translation of Pinter's soot- black comedy fits the original like a glove, all the while making it entirely relatable to local audiences. Chal- lenging all assembled to make sense of the hysteria that punctuates the play's caustic acts, some laughs are bound to sneak through. But as with all of Pinter's works, the laughter comes laced with no small amount of existential dread. Is-Serra will be staged at the Mount Carmel Community Theatre on April 26-29. Bookings: www.teatru- malta.org.mt or call 21220255 for more information Victor Debono as the hapless mental asylum director in Is-Serra ON the 28th of April, Eden Cine- mas prepare to bring you the movie circled around the legendary music event that represented a milestone in the rock history. On July 1st 2017 the most famous Italian Rockstar Vasco Rossi celebrated his 40 year career with an event that involved a "little" crew of 220 thousand fans. With 26 albums, more than 250 songs and 35 millions of copies sold, Vasco Rossi is one of the best- selling and most appreciated Italian singers. It is already known as the Concert that has broken any records: an au- dience of 220,000 people, 27 cam- eras in 4-5-6-K, 40 video-scenic designs, 500 video-messages during Vivere song performance, 35 edit- ing lines. A concert that all Italians will re- member. The Movie is more than two hours of rock and pure energy, in which Vasco Rossi will lead his Ital- ian fans spread all around the world to discover the soundtrack of his fearless life. Tickets may be purchased from the Eden Cinemas box office or on- line at www.edencinemas.com.mt