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Continue reading →: Jamie Cullum: The Pianoman at Christmas.
Entering the prestigious auditorium of The Royal Albert Hall is always a pleasure and you become part of the venue’s rich and varied history. There was a festive warmth and glow awaiting the audience with two giant Christmas Trees on either side of the hall organ at the staged area…
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Continue reading →: Bette & Joan by Anton Burge.Bette and Joana play by Anton Burge was first performed in 2011 and is set against the backdrop of the two Hollywood Icons working together on the set of the film Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. As the play develops, the audience is given a taster of anecdotes about the “whatever…
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Continue reading →: Sleeping Beauty A Pantomime Adventure.Salisbury Playhouse Sleeping Beauty A Pantomime Adventure takes the audience on an enchanting adventure in a modern twist of the original story of Sleeping Beauty by director Ryan McBryde. On the day of Princess Stella’s (Lottie Mae O’Kill) christening King Arthur Rightus (Neal Craig) asks the good Fairy Frappucino (Claudia…
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Continue reading →: Dick Whittington written by Jack Edwards and Paul Woolf.The Purrr…fect Pompey Panto is the description of the 2024 King’s Theatre pantomime production of Dick Whittington printed on the front of their official brochure. It doesn’t fail to live up to its description. Celebrating ten years as the King’s Theatre Pantomime Dame, Jack Edwards plays Dame Dolly mother of Silly…
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Continue reading →: PAN by CHICKENSHED.This year the all-inclusive Theatre company CHICKENSHED celebrates its 50th Anniversary and its 2024 Christmas production encompasses everything that makes this Theatre stand out, from the incredible stage, the energy from all the cast, and incredible performances all around. Demar Lambert in the role of Peter Pan with Ellie Morton as…
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Continue reading →: FORT By Tabitha Hayward.
Dorset Born Theatre’s latest production FORT by Tabitha Hayward is a tale of two friends Fifteen-year-old Daisy (Martha Harlan) and Viv (Megan Marszal). Whose friendship is tested and strengthened in the FORT on the farmland belonging to Viv’s family. The friends start the play arriving at the FORT late in the…
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Continue reading →: King James by Rajiv Joseph.King James premiered in Chicago in 2022 and is now performing at Hampstead Theatre until 4th January which means it is perfect for any Theatre goers who areb trying to escape Pantomimes at this time of year. Matt (Sam Mitchell) and Shawn (Enyi Okoronkwo) support the same Basketball team, The…
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Continue reading →: Pinocchio adapted by Simon Reade.
Michael Morpurgo’s Pinocchio has been adapted by Simon Reade for The Watermill Theatre’s 2024 family Christmas production. The production offers something enchanting for all the family to enjoy with a few familiar pantomime lines added along the way. Jerome Yates brings the famous character Pinocchio originally created by Carlo Collodi to…
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Continue reading →: Interview with Brendan Matthew.A conversation with in-house pantomime dame, Brendan Matthew, at the Bridge House Theatre, Penge, in preparation of their upcoming panto ‘SLEEPING BEAUTY’. When did you first get involved with the panto at the Bridge House Theatre? I became involved in the Bridge House Theatre panto at the very beginning, in…
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Continue reading →: Is This Thing On?
Following on from an Edinburgh Festival success the production follows best friends and flatmates Liz and Mary; one a musician and one a spoken word performer. This depiction of female friendship is written and performed by MisMatch a talented new duo made up of Megan Keaveny (Liz) and Ellie Campbell…
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