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Last year, with hundreds of pantomimes cancelled and theatres across the country closed, ‘Blue Peter’ legend Peter Duncan filmed an interactive version of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ in his own giant back garden - starring as Dame Trott as well as co-directing Intended to be streamed by families at home over Christmas, it was snapped... Continue Reading →
An adult panto by Gareth Joyner (alter ego of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ finalist, Myra Dubois), Frostbite, Who Pinched My Muff? is set in the ‘generically Germanic’ Alpine village of Vaüxhallen, and borrows freely from the traditional fairy-tales ‘Mother Goose’ and ‘The Snow Queen’ but with added jokes that are pure juvenile filth! Frostbite, Who Pinched... Continue Reading →
Qdos Entertainment and LW Theatres have today announced that this Christmas Julian Clary will take us on a magical trip to Pantoland at The Palladium. Performances will begin at the world-famous theatre on 12 December 2020 running until 3 January 2021, with tickets on sale now. The London Palladium, the home of pantomime, will welcome... Continue Reading →
The Olivier theatre is to be significantly remodelled in order to stage a season of performances in-the-round, which will achieve an audience capacity of almost 500 while maintaining social distancing for audiences. The National Theatre will reopen to audiences on the 21 October, for the first time since closing in March, with Death of England: Delroy, a new... Continue Reading →
Four of the biggest pantomimes in London have announced their postponement to 2021. Hackney Empire, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch and Theatre Royal Stratford East will not be producing their annual pantos this year due to the continued uncertainty of government guidelines for restarting public performances. All four theatres have a long tradition of... Continue Reading →
Hackney Empire today announces Jack and the Beanstalk for its 2020 Christmas production opening in London this November and marking its 22nd pantomime at the East End venue. Jack and the Beanstalk will run from 21 November 2020 to 3 January 2021, with press night on Thursday 3 December. Tickets will go on sale to the public from Friday 6 March... Continue Reading →
The Winter Gardens Blackpool and Mark Goucher announced today that Shirley Ballas will star as The Fairy Godmother in Blackpool’s biggest ever family pantomime, Cinderella, at the Opera House Blackpool from Sunday 13 December to Sunday 3 January 2021. Tickets on sale now with further star casting to be announced soon. Shirley will not be... Continue Reading →
The nights are getting longer, the days are getting colder and Christmas is just around the corner, which can only mean one thing...It’s panto time! Kicking the season off in style was the Downsview Players’ adaptation of Dick Whittington, which ran at the Downsview Methodist Church for a limited period. Written by Joshua Clarke and... Continue Reading →
Hackney Empire has today released production images of its sparkling new pantomime production Dick Whittington and his Cat which runs at the East End venue until 5 January 2020. Grand Dame Clive Rowe celebrates his 13th panto appearance at Hackney Empire and this year stars as Sarah the Cook, Tarinn Callender, recently seen as Hercules Mulligan and James Madison in Hamilton, plays... Continue Reading →
Production images have today been released for Charles Court Opera's The Nativity Panto, which opens at the King's Head Theatre this week and runs to 11 January 2020. A cast of well-known characters will take the audience through a respectful, yet irreverent adaptation of the Nativity story, with musical numbers, laugh-out-loud puns and the entirely... Continue Reading →
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