Celebrate #panto on Panto Day!

Join the #yearofthedame fun on Friday 11th December when the whole of Pantoland comes together to celebrate five years of Panto Day. There are lots of ways to get involved. Below you’ll find some of the most popular Panto Day activities over the last five years. Have a new idea? Planning something big? Let us know!

On Twitter (@Panto_Day)

• Use hashtag #panto
• Live tweet a performance
• Tweet on the hour every hour
• Twitter Q&A with cast, crew and creatives
• Behind-the-Scenes tours and pictures
• Use our fifth anniversary hashtag #dameoftheday
• Show us your #pantopout
• Show us your #pantoplank
• Show us your #pantopose
• Tweet a cast, crew and audience selfie
• Encourage your audience, cast, crew, creatives, staff and volunteers to tweet about the show and their favourite panto memories, jokes and stories

On Facebook (/celebratepanto)

• Create a special Panto Day photo album with Behind-the-Scenes pictures, publicity shots and images from the performance
• Post cast and production profiles with facts, figures and pictures
• Upload a time-lapse of the get-in, performance or day
• Record short videos using the Panto Day posters “I love panto because…”

In the Venue

• Run a VIP Panto Day competition with tickets and a tour
• Encourage everyone to wear pantomime fancy dress
• Download and hand out Panto Day colouring in, crossword and wordsearch funsheets
• Host a post-show discussion or cast Q&A
• Invite your local radio station in for a live broadcast
• Run backstage tours
• Hold cast meet and greets after the show