Pantomimes, with their politically incorrect heroes and villains and their bulky dames with deep voices, should be brought up to date, it was suggested yesterday. The National Operatic and ...

What’s the secret to a good pantomime script? From eliciting boos and hisses from audiences of all ages, to making sure there are enough local jokes and updating old stories for today, Holly ...

Panto includes jokes for kids and jokes and topical references for adults, but Broderick says never underestimate children, and make sure any innuendo is on the right side of acceptable.

There are old jokes leavened with topical jibes, wince-inducing innuendo, slapstick, song and dance. Audiences delight in taking part -- hissing the villain, shouting “He’s behind you!” to ...

The stage is all set for this year’s Christmas Panto and the all-star CBBC cast is very excited to perform. Special guest The ...

SLEEPING Beauty at Christmastime: nothing new there. But this version from Landmark Productions and the Helix is a novelty in that it's not, strictly-speaking, a pantomime.

In a year of theatrical catastrophes, English pantomime looked to be one more. Big-heart, big-joke, big-budget extravaganzas, these shows depend on live audiences like few others.

It is ‘Pantomime season can’t be here already,’ I say. ‘I’m still wearing shorts to the supermarket. It’s too early for Puss In Boots,… ...

Families heading to the The Roses Theatre, in Gloucestershire, to watch the Cinderella production have been warned there may be some jokes 'that only adults might get'.

Rapper Vanilla Ice will make his panto debut at a Kent theatre. The 1990s star, whose real name is Robert Van Winkle, will play Captain Hook in a production of Peter Pan at the Central Theatre in ...

John Bishop has suggested that the plotline of his upcoming pantomime has a better economic policy than Liz Truss. The comedian, who is to star in Mother Goose alongside Sir Ian McKellen and Mel ...