An Audience with May McFettridge

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To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. That made me wonder; why don't we look at what we do everyday in our working lives and seek to understand our hidden talents. People should come along and enjoy themselves at Beauty and The Beast this Christmas because there is no show in town as spectacular for costumes, sets, special effects and singing – and who wouldn't want to miss seeing May McFettridge dancing? The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. May is the longest running Dame in Christmas pantomime history, topping the bill at the Grand Opera House for 30 consecutive years.

Since making her pantomime debut in Robinson Crusoe in 1989 alongside comedian Jimmy Cricket, May has appeared with a galaxy of stars including Su Pollard, Linda Nolan, Britt Ekland, Lisa Riley and Zippy, George and Bungle. I don't smoke, I did when I was a young lad in my 20s and then I would have had a wee puff, but I was never a heavy smoker at all. My knee has been really bad for the last 18 months, cracking and crunching, and trying to play golf or work was just a complete nightmare. Die Fledermaus was absolutely brilliant and to be beside those guys delivering their songs and witnessing their pitch was unbelievable. May is, of course, the Queen of one liners and this year's unusual December election provides some political fodder for her.The Grand Opera House pantomime is staged by Olivier award-winning producer Michael Harrison on behalf of Crossroads Pantomimes, the biggest pantomime producer in the world. May will, of course, be singing in Beauty and The Beast, which includes both original and familiar songs – like Flash Bang Wallop from the musical Half a Sixpence, which many will know from Tommy Steele's recording. Sean began his article by saying: “If you were in the mood for a dose of old-fashioned, clean-as-a-whistle, stand-up comedy – not the ‘modern’ version laden with swear words – then Belfast’s historic Grand Opera House was the place to be this week. In 2013 John had a knee replacement at Kingsbridge Private Hospital, Belfast after years of crippling pain.

She wants to make contact with her dead sister to fulfil a promise made years ago on the top of the Cave Hill.Linehan invented the name and the character by ad libbing — the first name being that of his mother-in-law and the surname being that of an Antrim hurler by the name of Olcan McFettridge, whose exploits in a National Hurling League game had made headlines in a local newspaper, which happened to be beside Linehan when put on the spot.

In 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic the Grand Opera House announced that their annual pantomime would not take place and was rescheduled to the 2021/22 season. It’s a brilliant comedy of male paranoia, bringing out the absurdity of man’s egomania and obsessions with sexual potency, conquests and status.Chance our arm and look for that encore career that is within us, that will if unleashed enable us to be the best we could be, whilst we outlive our days in this world. The show was part of lur Cinn Fleadh, an annual traditional Irish music and community festival in Newry City, County Down. May McFettridge is one of those phenomenons that is difficult to explain to someone who doesn't live in Northern Ireland.

May is, without doubt, a cultural icon - part of the Christmas furniture at the Grand Opera House, where she has given thousands of performances - and a regular on radio and TV, with her not-so-dulcet tones and comic put-downs. We had a super fun, light-hearted conversation with John filled with lots of great nuggets of wisdom and laughs a long the way. I play a wee woman who finds out she’s clairvoyant and all the spirits come through her… brandy, whiskey and vodka,” said John laughing. Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a visit to pantoland and a serving of one-liners from panto Queen May McFettridge.Britain’s Got Talent street dance troupe Flawless showed off their acrobatics in the role of The Queen’s Guards.