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CAM'S PANTO SACKS DWARFS

Dec 8 2004


By Bob Dow

BOSSES of the pantomime starring Big Brother winner Cameron Stout have sacked kids hired to play the Seven Dwarfs.

The children spent four weeks rehearsing for Snow White before getting the boot.

The producer claimed that playing a dwarf is 'tricky' and the kids posed a safety risk as they couldn't take direction.

The parents of the dwarfs are furious that the actors were axed by phone, just five days before the curtain goes up at His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen.

One dad said: 'The way they have been treated is absolutely appalling.

'It's heartbreaking to tell your child they are not wanted.'

And he claimed their costumes caused the problems and that the kids couldn't see out of their masks.

Daily Record