How to celebrate #PantoDay!

With Panto Day only two weeks away, here are a few ideas of how to celebrate on Friday 15th December. Don’t forget, 2017 is the #YearoftheComic, so we want to hear your favorite jokes, see your favourite slapstick and celebrate all those Silly Billies and Wishee Washees that keep up smiling each Christmas time!

On Twitter (@Panto_Day)

• Use hashtag #PantoDay #YearoftheComic
• Live tweet a performance
• Tweet on the hour, every hour
• Twitter Q&A with cast, crew and creatives
• Behind-the-Scenes tours and pictures
• Share what you’re up to with Periscope
• Show us your #pantopout
• Show us your #pantoplank
• Show us your #pantopose
• Show us your #panto #scriptselfie
• Show us your #panto #stageselfie
• 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
• Broadcast with Facebook Live
• Record short videos using the Panto Day posters “I love panto because…”

On Instagram (/panto_day)

• #PantoDay #YearoftheComic
• Create a special Panto Day photo collage
• Post the Panto Day logo
• Post make-up before and afters

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
• Dedicate certain areas as Tweet Seats