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Panto season

January 2024

  • The mighty boos … can it puncture bourgeois decorum?

    ‘Things were being thrown at us!’ Is booing at the theatre actually a good thing?

  • Debbie Chazen, as Mother Hoodman, Gemma Barnett, as Little Red Riding Hood, and Josh Glanc as the Pig in the panto.

    ‘It’s important to find light in times of darkness’: how London’s Jewish centre has dealt with war in Gaza

December 2023

  • His private space … McKellen about to put his dress on.

    My best shot
    Ian McKellen becoming Mother Goose: Frederic Aranda’s best photograph

  • Oliver Mawdsley and Kiara Nicole Pillai in Beauty and the Beast.

    Beauty and the Beast review – energetic cast make five a festive stageful

  • Cinderella a Fairytale at Northern Stage

    Cinderella: A Fairytale review – Ella and her prince bond over shared passion, not money or status

  • Jason Manford, who posted on X: ‘What’s your take on litter inside a theatre? Is it audience or staff’s responsibility?’

    ‘Look at the bloody tip!’: Jason Manford blasts messy theatre audiences

  • ‘Humour is our biggest cultural export’: behind the scenes at a groundbreaking Jewish panto

  • ‘What do we clean the costumes with? Vodka!’ Inside Britain’s panto powerhouse

  • Jack and the Beanstalk review – a spirited panto with droll touches

  • The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: The Old Man and the Pool, Bedbound and more

November 2023

  • Seeking ‘husband material’ … Emmanuel Akwafo, centre, with Meghan Treadway and Charlie Cameron in Cinderella.

    Cinderella review – pop-powered Hammersmith panto looks sharp

    Vikki Stone’s playful fairytale is staged with fabulous costumes and high-energy songs but falls short of delirious comedy
  • The Scouse Dick Whittington at the Royal Court, Liverpool.

    The Scouse Dick Whittington review – all-singing delight for adults

    Traditional tale is recast as a daft quest across Europe, built on a giddy score powering through hits from Bon Jovi to Kraftwerk
  • Evlyne Oyedokun will play Ella in Cinderella: A Fairytale at Northern Stage.

    It’s ahead of you! 25 festive UK shows to book for Christmas

    An AI Pinocchio, Scrooge on the Cornish coast and a scouse Dick Whittington are just some of the season’s theatrical treats

June 2023

  • A promotional shot of a basket containing challah bread and a menorah

    Britain’s ‘first professional Jewish panto’ to be staged in north London

    Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Pig will open during Hanukah in December at culture centre JW3

February 2023

  • TimDowling stage 25Mar

    The Tim Dowling column
    Tim Dowling: I’m revisiting my worst ever moment on stage – a Christmas panto

    I was dressed as a series of comic book characters while the ugly sisters sang Holding Out for a Hero

January 2023

  • Ayesha Dharker, Adjoa Andoh and Leila Farzad in Richard II at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in 2019.

    The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: Richard II, All of Us and more

    Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Sheridan Smith in Funny Girl, a festival of mime and a rock’n’roll panto

December 2022

  • Ian McKellen and John Bishop in Mother Goose.

    The Guardian view on pantomime: the goose that keeps on laying

  • Beau/Beast (Ben Boskovic) and Belle (Amiyah Goodall) in Beauty and the Beast at Watford Palace theatre.

    Beauty and the Beast review – Belle and Beau would do anything for fame

  • Gary Wilmot, Paul Zerdin (and Sam), Dawn French and Natalie McQueen - Jack and The Beanstalk - The London Palladium - Photo Credit Paul Coltas

    Jack and the Beanstalk review – no expense spared for giant all-star entertainment

  • ‘One of the most beloved dames around’ … Clive Rowe in Jack and the Beanstalk.

    Oh yes it is! Oh no it isn’t! Is the panto dame still a suitable cause for mirth?

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