Pantomimes are plays based on a well-known story — often a fairy tale — which are given a bawdy twist. The audience is ...

Pantomime, or panto, is a family comedy filled with fairy tales, music, slapstick and audience participation and is a holiday ...

But in true theatre fashion, the phrase "the show must go on" was put into action as senior technician James Wood took his ...

It’s a wild coincidence that the news of Queen Elizabeth’s death spread just hours before the opening night of “Pantomime,” the inaugural production from New Orleans’ newest theater company, Crescent ...

Across 34 years of playing the pantomime dame at Belfast's Grand Opera House, John Linehan, aka May McFettridge, has ...

There is plenty of stimulation for young theatergoers in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s beloved ...

A village school headteacher sparked fury after requesting all reference to Christmas be removed from a traditional festive pantomime being staged for young pupils. Parents have slammed the decision ...

Production photos have been released for SLEEPING BEAUTY, now playing as the annual pantomime at the Malthouse Theatre in ...

Pantomime is for many families one of the most enjoyable parts of Christmas, but the frivolity and fantasy of a successful production don't happen by magic. Putting on a show takes talent and hard ...

When posters of soap stars head-to-toe in sequins start appearing on buses, it can only mean two things: Strictly has started - or it's panto season. Corny jokes, panto dames and fairy tales might ...

Pantomime attracts plenty of American stars to tread the boards, such as Priscilla Presley who is performing this year in Milton Keynes The modern pantomime is seen as a quintessentially British ...

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