Ross Kemp and Bobby Davro: it's the kind of gloriously improbable combination that only panto could throw up. Those glumly expecting the sort of unlovely turns that blokes from the telly are too wont to provide at this time of year might well choke on their bumper bags of sweeties, however, as this most un-gruesome twosome make Snow White a winter's delight. The crucial thing is that Kemp and Davro don't look as though they're doing this solely with January's tax bill in mind.

I wrote scathingly yesterday about big boy panto producers First Family Entertainment, yet this show, written and directed by Peter Denyer, succeeds on every count for which near neighbour Richmond fails. There's passion and commitment from the appealing cast, not to mention the sparkliest set this side of Disneyland. If there's one thing on which panto should never stint, it's glitter.

Davro sets the exuberant tone, bouncing onstage as Muddles and hurling so many almost decent quips at us that we submit happily to the joke offensive. Amusingly, Kemp's evil Henchman is no Grant Mitchell-type butch thug but a musical theatre-loving bachelor in exuberant hat and cloak. Snow White (Aimie Atkinson) can certainly hold a tune and she and her Prince enact the swiftest falling-in-love in panto history, at just under 30 seconds. Comprehensively delightful.

• Snow White until 20 Jan. Info: 0870 060 6646, www. newwimbledontheatre.co.uk.