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 ...

Leigh's Turnpike Community Theatre has won the prestigious Best Pantomime title at the National Operatic and Dramatic Association local awards.

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Marcel Marceau, who spent more than half the 20th century re-popularizing the ancient art of pantomime for a modern age, was born 100 years ago this month. Marcel Marceau spent more than half the 20th ...

David Garrick didn't much like pantomime — but as manager of Drury Lane's Theatre Royal the celebrated actor and champion of Shakespeare had to be pragmatic. By the mid-18th century, panto's ...

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Pantomime is for many families one of the most enjoyable parts of Christmas, but the frivolity and fantasy of a successful production don't happen by magic. Putting on a show takes talent and hard ...

Everyman Theatre's recent pantomime, 'Robin Hood and His Merry Men', not only captivated audiences but also raised £30,000 ...

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Pantomime is for many families one of the most enjoyable parts of Christmas, but the frivolity and fantasy of a successful production don't happen by magic. Putting on a show takes talent and hard ...