Pantomimes are plays based on a well-known story — often a fairy tale — which are given a bawdy twist. The audience is expected to join in throughout, shouting as loudly as they can.

Jeremy Corbyn will appear in a north London pantomime in his constituency this Christmas, playing the “Wizard of Oz-lington” in a Wicked-inspired performance. Wicked Witches: A Popular Panto, which ...

Pantomime, or panto, is a family comedy filled with fairy tales, music, slapstick and audience participation and is a holiday season staple across the UK. This year, one production is selling out a ...

Christmas Pantomime brings festive cheer to Blackstock Market with two unique shows designed by Hot Water Comedy Club. Packed with music, laughter, and imaginative twists, these performances feature ...

There are some UK Christmas traditions that people from the US might not recognize. Every Christmas, British families watch pantomimes or meet their school friends at the pub. They also eat Yorkshire ...

"Maybe we all need the pantomime a little bit more than ever now," he says. And even though it's an art that's been around since the 16th century - it hasn't stopped evolving.

In this festive episode, Kiri Pritchard-McLean celebrates the great British pantomime. She is joined by guests Owen Money, ...

Watching Window Twankey or Dame Trott making veiled innuendos in a room with screaming toddlers is a staple of British family life.

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 ...

Pantomime is a British family theatre tradition for the winter months, in which classic fairy tales are rewritten as satirical, camp, broad comedies, with songs, innuendo, audience interaction, puns, ...

Pantomimes are plays based on a well-known story — often a fairy tale — which are given a bawdy twist. The audience is expected to join in... 'It's behind you!' How Britain goes wild for pantomimes ...