Aladdin, New Wimbledon Theatre review - Paul Merton's panto Dame debut
Enjoyable but underpoweredPaul Merton has a lot of strings to his bow " stand-up, improv artist, historian of silent-movie-era comedy, quiz-show panellist, to name a few " and now he adds pantomime Dame to his CV. He has appeared in televisions pantos before, but this is his first live outing, as Widow Twankey in Aladdin. What took him so long?After a hesitant start, Merton's command of the role grows and he throws i…