How to celebrate #PantoDay 2021

With Panto Day just around the corner, here are a few ideas of how to celebrate on Friday 17th December. 2021 is the Year of Love – help us spread it!

On Twitter (@Panto_Day)

• Use hashtag #PantoDay
• Twitter Q&As or Take-Overs with cast, crew and creatives of this year’s or previous pantos
• Live tweet a performance
• Share news of your 2021 show (live/streamed), revisit previous pantomimes or look forward to 2022’s season.
• Encourage your audience, cast, crew, creatives, staff and volunteers to tweet about 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 production images from pantos past, present and future
• 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…”

On Instagram (/panto_day)

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

At the Theatre

• Get a #stageselfie of the cast and audience
• Encourage your audience to tweet and post about their trip
• Host a post-show discussion or cast Q&A
• Announce your 2021 pantomime
• Encourage your cast, crew, creatives and audience members to join in the Panto Day fun on social media

At Home

• Download an activity sheet from Panto Day’s Downloads Page:
  • • Colour in your favourite panto characters and scenery
    • Design a dame dress
    • Make a paper pantomime cow
    • Do the Panto Day crossword and wordsearch
    • Make an “I Love Panto Because . . . ” sign
    • Colour in the Panto Day logo
• Dress up as pantomime characters and put on a mini panto
• Read the Panto Advice Page for some pearls of panto wisdom from industry experts