The Jumeria beach hotel group, part of which is the fabulous Madinat Hotel has its very own luxury theatre with full stage facilities. Theatre executive Jayne Austin-Price was looking for a British entertainment as the jewel in the crown of the hotel’s lavish seasonal programme. ‘Make it so’ came up with the traditional pantomime ‘Aladdin’ which opened to the public on December 26th 2005. Sell out performance after sell out performance hailed the arrival of the first fully-fledged panto in Dubai. Trevor and Stephen wrote an entirely new script for the venue, the recipe, local humour blended with very traditional ingredients. The result was a 7 star success with accolades flying round as fast as the magic carpet in the show. Colourful sets, Costumes and a wickedly funny script earned the production another booking for next year without any hesitation on the part of the Madinat Management. Critics and audience alike left the theatre with elation, even the new General Manager of the soon to be opened rival, Dubai Theatre was in raptures. Now that’s a first!