Pantomime has a rich history of its own, with commedia dell'arte among its antecedents, and even if there are those who despise its popularity and commercial success, they should remember that David ...

Dame Ian Adams is all set to join the famous Panto Parade in Westminster – highlighting the devastating impact loss of panto will have on the theatre world. Sign up for the top news stories every day ...

The role of a panto dame dates back to the beginning of theatre. Girls and women were often played by men for comedic purposes. The humorous tradition continued well after the Restoriation, when it ...

I don’t much like panto. Sorry. But there it is. So the thought of a late-ish evening at the end of a long day tracing the history of the pantomime dame didn’t fill me with joy. But this glorious, ...