Pantomime - anyone still attend these?

Oh yes we do ! Went with son and family to see Lesley Joseph in Jack and the Beanstalk - excellent, especially the 3D effects at the end - loved it !😻

Our youngest daughter and son in law took their two young children to see Peter Pan at Stockport theatre the other afternoon and they all thoroughly enjoyed it.

7 of us , 5 adults and two children went last Saturday. Cinderella at Milton Keynes. Brian Conley was Buttons. The prince was a man. Princess a woman but the ugly sisters were men.
Brilliant production, much enjoyed by all.

Do we love a panto? Oh yes we do! Did you read the report that the genre of Pantomime is being considered for 'cultural heritage' status? Oh yes it is.

We have a local amateur company who do a fantastic panto. And it's very traditional, dame is always a man, principal boy is a girl and there is sometimes a talking animal. It's also fantastic value. 4 of us- 2 adults and 2 children go for the same price as a single ticket at Newcastle Theatre Royal.
They also usually have a communal sing-along and some slap stick. Last year there was a skit on the Twelve Days of Christmas. Can't remember it all but 12 was 12 toilet rolls, which had all the kids laughing. We're going in January.

My son and I took 3 DGC to our local theatre, a 10 minute walk away, yesterday. We saw a wonderful pantomime at a very affordable ticket price. They are really good, every Christmas. The Prince was a man and the Princess was an attractive young lady. All the audience had a lovely time and joined in, enthusiastically.

Love a panto!
This year family thought it would be fun to go to an adult over 18s one…… never again though. Not for me. 😳

I remember seeing Cliff Richard as the Principal Boy, at the Palladium (?)I think in the 60s or 70s.

DD1 and her family saw Pinocchio at Newcastle Theatre Royal (Joe McEldery). Everyone loved it - they’d had the tickets for best part of a year and have just booked for 2024. Panto seems to be going strong in this neck of the woods.