One of the UK’s oldest theatrical institutions appears to be in boisterous health — so much so that it keeps the rest of the sector afloat.

Fermanagh’s beloved funny man, Gary Wilson, made his pantomime debut in the headline role of Dame Dolly in the Millennium Forum.

I was channel-surfing over the weekend. Since I'm the last living American without cable or satellite TV, that didn't take long. I settled on a comedy show on a channel that's supposedly one dedicated ...

LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Veteran actor Ian McKellen hopes to bring some laughs to audiences around Britain with a new extended pantomime production of "Mother Goose". The 83-year-old will play the ...

Pantomimes are plays based on a well-known story — often a fairy tale — which are given a bawdy twist. The audience is ...

Following last year’s smash-hit Freezin, Olly Goes To Oz is currently lighting up the iconic 3Olympia Theatre, delivering a ...

Life Oh yes they have! This panto is unashamedly Jewish – and all the funnier for it ★★★★ The makers of Cinderella and the Matzo Ball deserve all the praise (naches) for conjuring up something so ...

For panto fans there are nods to Dick Whittington, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty as the story follows Lord Villain (Vikash Bhai), the nasty lord mayor of “Londom”, as he moves to deport Dame Foreign ...

The banter, quips, puns and patter – and a large dollop of Carry-On seaside postcard sauce – came think and fast, turning the normally laugh-a-minute panto experience into an almost a laugh a second ...

Lying in a hospital bed in the midst of labour, Abbie Foord’s phone buzzed with a video of the Aladdin pantomime cast congratulating her on stage for her impending birth.

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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 theater. But ...