Now the pantomime season is well and truly underway, many will have heard a familiar complaint. It’s newfangled, it’s not what it was. What happened to the good old days, when panto didn’t ...

The pantomime genre is a strange one, to say the least, especially for those born outside the UK. Here, in an edited extract from ”Getting Directions” by Russ Hope, is an introduction ...

Pantomime is the magical realm of the eccentric gender-bending fairytale. But why is it so British?

For many families, the annual pantomime is as much a Christmas staple as Santa, presents and turkey with all the trimmings. Although seen as a British tradition, panto stems from Italian slapstick ...

It is pantomime season and now is the time to start shouting, ‘he’s behind you’ because today is Panto Day. Panto Day is a worldwide celebration of the performance genre with over two ...

Reflecting our changing society is part and parcel of pantomime’s broad appeal. Constant reinvention of the art form is vital for its future health and has always been a key feature of the genre ...

Brighton Family Panto Q&A with Allison Ferns from BBC Sussex, Surrey and Kent Nothing is more Christmassy than a trip to the panto, writes Nick… ...

Pantomime has its roots in the stock characters and bawdy humor of the Italian commedia dell’arte and the French harlequinade as well as the English music hall.

Pantomime represents a welcome injection of cash for many theatres and it has proved to be a real theatrical survivor.

It's time for the pantomime. Every year, hundreds of mums, dads, boys and girls make their merry way to Cambridge Arts Theatre for the annual Christmas pantomime. This year's panto, Jack and the ...