Panto Day 2020
Friday 18th December
Category: Panto Advice
Dec 11, 2015
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Creating a Character – Ugly Sisters
By Olly Taylor and Steve King – The Wugly Sisters Pantomime because of it’s roots in commedia del’arte is brimming with archetypes. Characte...
Dec 11, 2015
Playing Ugly Sister and Dame
by Paul Tate I am so lucky to have been in a business that I love for over thirty years now and I still get a buzz from treading the boards. Working w...
Dec 11, 2015
Graduating to Dame
by Ben Roddy The move to Dame was a pretty slow one for me. I didn’t feel especially drawn to it as I know some do. In fact I have performed in ...
Dec 11, 2015
Writing for the Dame
My name is Iain Lauchlan and I have been writing, directing and playing Dame in panto since 1989. Most of my dame performances have been for the Belgr...
Dec 12, 2014
Calling the Show
I started working on panto sixteen years ago at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre as a member of the stage crew; my first cue was to fly john in Peter Pan, I...
Dec 12, 2014
Dance Audition Top Tips
As Associate Choreographer for Magic Beans I have now been a part of our dance audition process, along with our lovely Choreographic Supervisor Kerry,...
Dec 12, 2014
Life as a Panto Understudy
Being an understudy in a pantomime is an experience which can be daunting, stressful, exciting and fun all at the same time! Now I’m no expert, ...
Dec 12, 2014
A Chaperone’s Christmas
So panto time is on us again. Who doesn’t love the weird and wonderful world of panto? My daughter auditioned again this year but she was simply...
Dec 12, 2014
Running the Wardrobe
Wardrobe’s job tends to start at the beginning of Tech week, which is the last week before opening night. Rarely have I found that you need to be ...
Nov 17, 2014
Writing a Pantomime
I’ve been a professional writer for almost eight years working on, among other things, television soap and several plays. I’ve been writing pantom...
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