While the panto stage sparkles with slapstick and sequins, behind the curtain is a different kind of drama. For nearly 30 years, a mother-and-daughter duo have been the real-life fairy godmothers ...

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 ...

Some forms of live theater can be intimidating, with audience members encouraged to avoid coughing, talking or accidentally leaving their cell phone ringers on. Pantomimes are the exact opposite. At a ...

For centuries, British families have celebrated the Christmas season by attending "pantomimes," silly musical comedies of stories such as Aladdin... In Britain, A Christmas Tradition Of Slapstick And ...

In British tradition, the show aims for audience participation. What: “Cinderella — A Family Holiday Panto,“ presented by the Raven Players When: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and Sundays, Nov.

"Panto" is theatrical entertainment for families, based on a fairytale or popular story. It includes colorful characters, puns, slapstick comedy, singing, dancing, and lots of audience participation.

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LONDON (AP) — Panto is as much a part of Christmas in Britain as turkey, tinsel and mince pies. Pantos is short for pantomimes. They are stage musicals that play at theaters big and small across the U ...