It's official. The pumpkins have been carved and the fireworks have fizzled, which means Christmas is truly on the horizon. And for theatre folk, Christmas means one thing and one thing only… PANTO!

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LONDON – Here’s a recipe as essential to Christmas in Britain as turkey, tinsel and mince pies. Mix a fairy-tale plot with topical references, slapstick, song, dance and double entendres. Drench in ...

An audience packed with 80 Rainbows, Brownies and Guides is the ultimate test for a pantomime cast - but the Holybourne Theatre succeeded with Beauty and The Beast.