In winter in Britain, many children and adults enjoy going to the theatre to watch a pantomime. Pantomimes are a very old form of entertainment, but the modern version is as popular as ever.

Nowhere is that truer than in Edinburgh’s big pantomime in which longstanding dame Allan Stewart follows in the high-heeled footsteps of such greats as Stanley Baxter. The actor has – since ...

Pantomime is often seen as something quaint ... chases and acrobatics From the late 1600s these characters appeared in English comic plays, introduced by the theatre impresario John Rich.

306 306 people viewed this event. NAGs Players present a traditional English Pantomime by Alex Stamp based on the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Opens Jan 30 and runs to Feb 8 ...

And it continues today in one type of show – the Christmas pantomime. “Panto is a great way for young people to be introduced to the stage in a fun way. The interaction element brings a ...

Pantomime has deep roots, stretching back to the stock characters and bawdy humor of the 16th-century Italian commedia dell’arte and the French harlequinade, as well as the English music hall.