A figure styled as Donald Trump is booed off stage by a rowdy audience enjoying the thrills of British pantomime, bringing a contemporary twist to traditional fairytales. Up and down the country over ...

The word “pantomime” might conjure up images of a game of charades. But in the British theatrical tradition, “Panto,” or pantomime, is a traditional musical entertainment for the whole family, often ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. British pantomime - a bizarre medley of fairytale, bad jokes, dance and song - has lasted for centuries and continues to evolve, ...

Pantomime, or panto, is a family comedy filled with fairy tales, music, slapstick and audience participation and is a holiday season staple across the UK. This year, one production is selling out a ...

LONDON – Here’s a recipe as essential to Christmas in Britain as turkey, tinsel and mince pies. Mix a fairy-tale plot with topical references, slapstick, song, dance and double entendres. Drench in ...

Fred Double as Aladdin and Clive Rowe as Widow Twankey, at the Hackney Empire - Alastair Muir Amid a period of spirit-sapping political and economic turbulence, the British panto provides welcome ...

LONDON — Foreboding music begins. A scary green witch announces her arrival with a cackle. It's the opening of Wicked Witches, a British holiday-time play known as a "pantomime," at a North London ...

Some forms of live theater can be intimidating, with audience members encouraged to avoid coughing, talking or accidentally leaving their cell phone ringers on. Pantomimes are the exact opposite. At a ...

Pantomimes are plays based on a well-known story — often a fairy tale — which are given a bawdy twist. The audience is expected to join in... 'It's behind you!' How Britain goes wild for pantomimes ...