NPR

'It's behind you!' How Britain goes wild for pantomimes during the holidays

LONDON — Foreboding music begins. A scary green witch announces her arrival with a cackle. It's the opening of Wicked Witches, a British holiday-time play known as a "pantomime," at a North London ...
BroadwayWorld

Guest Blog: “Panto is Hamlet in a Nappy": Actor Justin Brett on Being Serious About Fun and The High Art of Low Comedy in Panto

Panto is a funny one. (Hopefully literally.) It is one of the most popularly attended theatre events in Britain, simultaneously being one of the most maligned. It is often fobbed off as being too ...
Hosted on MSN

‘We play on the fact she’s my daughter!’ Brian and Lucy Conley on their MK panto double-act

Milton Keynes Theatre has been bringing panto pizzazz to the stage for the past 26 years, but this year will be only the second time that a trio of porridge-curious bears have shared title billing.
OPB

‘It’s behind you!’ How Britain goes wild for pantomimes during the holidays

Foreboding music begins. A scary green witch announces her arrival with a cackle. It’s the opening of Wicked Witches, a British holiday-time play known as a “pantomime,” at a North London theater. But ...