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10 December 2008 The Guardian

Cinderella

IF there's merit in Malcolm Gladwell's contention that genius requires 10,000 hours of practice then, when it comes to the community singalong, Gerard Kelly has surely reached that level of sublime perfection.

8 December 2007 The Guardian

Sleeping Beauty

I DO hope some academic is undertaking a serious study of the comedy footwork of pantos at the King's. Gerard Kelly deserves a scholarly book on his own, such is his long-standing mastery of knock-kneed moves. As the lovable Chester the Jester, his bare legs emerging from a costume of playing-card brightness, he makes it look as if his feet are setting off in opposite directions, all wild angles and improbable positions.

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