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With pantomime season upon us, here’s a look at the history of the polarising form of festive entertainment 🎄 With Christmas approaching ever nearer, it’s time that the great British custom ...
It was through this he and his initially nonplussed Canadian parents discovered the joys of panto – a British Christmas tradition best described as a mix between a jukebox musical and a slightly ...
This year some 140 pantomimes are playing in Great Britain. They are at their broadest and, in an old-fashioned way, at their best, in the provinces. In London the best of the revue artists take ...
Panto is as much a part of Christmas in Britain as turkey, tinsel and mince pies.
Audiences are encouraged to participate in pantomimes, a style of performance a couple imported to Oregon from England.
City Theatre at Sacramento City College will bring back Panto with Snow White: A British Panto by Christine Nicholson. Luther Hanson directs this crazy holiday show, after a three year Panto ...
Celebrate the holidays with 'PETER PANTOmime' at ShufflesNYC! This imaginative retelling of Peter Pan is filled with singing, acting, and tapping.
In my second panto, Jack and the Beanstalk at Catford, there were consistent references to the cost-of-living crisis and there was an antagonist called Boris the Cockroach.
Marcel Marceau, who spent more than half the 20th century re-popularizing the ancient art of pantomime for a modern age, was born 100 years ago this month.
British pantomimes are a huge part of Christmas for many households (Picture: Splash/MNA) Along with pigs in blankets, the annual John Lewis Christmas advert, and drinking Bailey’s by the pint ...
A guide to The Story Of Panto With Gyles Brandreth, the 2024 Sky Arts TV documentary. Gyles Brandreth examines the origins of pantomime.
Pantomimes are a quintessential British seasonal staple, often unappreciated beyond our borders, but adored in the UK.