MTAO Productions, a London-based theatre company, performed its newly updated version of Bake Off: The Great British Pantomime in the theatre's Nowel Coward Studio on Saturday, 26 July at 6pm and 8pm.

And I was lucky enough to see the earlier performance on Saturday.

Consisting of nine characters, Mel N Colley (Kitty Bartlett), Sue Perb (Poppy Baxter), Noel Meadowing (Jo Wickham), Ratt Lucas (Kyle Pearson), Mary Raspberry (Josh Clarke), Paul Hereford (Ozzie Ozgun), Peta Bread (Ella Barnett), Hannah Cotta (Molly Cole), and Croy Saint (Jo Taylor), the pantomime was an excellently humorous skit of The Great British Bake Off and perfect for all the family.

All the cast members were absolutely excellent (Handwritten Photography)

And I was amazed at how talented all of the cast members were – each and every one of them had the level of skill worthy of performing in pantos on the West End.

The pantomime follows a season of the popular television show, but this time villain Ratt Lucas, played by the amazing Kylie Pearson, tries to sabotage the contestants and blame it on Mel and Sue in the hope to steal their job.

The setting of the panto mimicked the well-known Bake Off setting – it was simple, which is ideal for the small venue of the Nowel Coward Studio, and immediately recognisable, even for someone who hasn't watched the show like myself.

The show began with an adapted version of The Jackson's 'Blame it On the Boogie', but in this version, the cast adapted the lyrics to focus on baking.

The intro immediately had the audience (which was fully sold out) laughing and all the cast members had tremendous voices and sang in perfect harmony. I was particularly impressed by Jo Wickham's (Noel Meadowing)'s beautiful voice.

Mel and Sue then introduced the show, and looking like the real hostesses, Bartlett and Baxter were a fantastically funny duo, so funny that they could give Ant and Dec a run for their money, and I couldn't help but notice how good Bartlett was with her facial expressions.

Next, we were introduced to the panto dame, Mary Raspberry, who was played by the incredible Josh Clarke.

Clarke looked magnificent in his big 50s housewife dress and took on the role of the dame superbly (pardon the pun), having everyone laughing throughout the show.

And in true panto style, Clarke frequently engaged with the audience having the audience chant "no that's a saggy bottom" whenever he called out "that's a nice bun".

Clarke, who is from Teddington, also picked a man in the audience to flirt with as is typical of any panto dame, and I loved how confidently he immersed himself in the role.

Equally, Ozzie Ozgun as Paul Hereford played the perfect 'idiot' sidekick to Mary Raspberry, having the audience in fits of laughter and engaging with the younger audience members – he high fived a child sat on the front row to the child's delight.

Clarke and Ozgun did an amazing job of playing the panto dame and sidekick (Handwritten Photography)

Mel and Sue's version of Abba's 'The Winner Takes it All' instead sang the words "bakes it all" in an excellent Bake Off pun, which appeared throughout the show, and again, I couldn't applaud the actors' enough for their magnificent singing voices.

I was particularly impressed by Pearson who expertly embodied the typical panto villain – she did it so well with her excellent facial expressions and villainous voice, she reminded me of a cartoon.

Pearson was an excellent panto villain ((Handwritten Photography)

But of course, no panto villain can work without an accomplice, and in this panto, that was Noel Meadowing (Jo Wickham), who was also a contestant on the show.

Wickham was excellent, her trembling voice throughout was perfect for her character who just wanted to open his own patisserie and win the contest but was unfortunately swept up in Lucas' schemes.

Once again, the cast had the audience laughing with its cleverly punned version of The Police's 'Every Breath You Take', changing the words to "every bake you make".

This song was Clarke's big moment as he took the lead singing role, and I was amazed at his ability to sing like a woman in a panto dame voice the whole way through.

Other punned song adaptations included 'Another One Bites the Dust' (sung by Pearson who is also an amazing singer), 'Get Your Head in the Game' from High School Musical, and Whitney Houston's 'Dance With Somebody'.

I was amazed at how brilliantly each cast member could sing (Handwritten Photography)

I loved these punned songs as they were all well-known songs that the audience could sing and sway along to.

During these song renditions, I also noticed the excellent voices of Ella Barnett and Molly Cole and again asked myself why the actors are not on the West End yet?

Jo Taylor, who played Croy Saint, also did an amazing job of acting and singing with a male cockney accent, and her facial expressions matched that spectacular over dramatized form of a pantomime character.

As the story evolved, the audience followed Lucas' schemes to sabotage the show, but of course, the panto ended with a happy ending – Lucas was caught, Meadowing confessed his role in the schemes and offered an apology, and the moral of the panto – friendship – was revealed.

It truly was an excellent performance, and while, like most pantos, could be deemed more suitable for adults than children, it was just as funny and enjoyable for the many adults in the audience.

Saturday night's performances were MTAO Productions' first ever London previews, and after a successful performance at the Edinburgh Fringe last year, they will be performing at the festival again this year from 18 - 23 August.

I wish them every luck at the Fringe and in their future acting endeavours.

If you missed Saturday's performances and would look to see the show in Edinburgh, you can get tickets here.