Pantomime Blog
From Advice and Guides to Script Spotlights, this is where you can read all about it!
Cinderella Pantomime Characters: A Complete Guide
Who’s who in our Cinderella script? Meet Buttons, the Ugly Sisters, and the fearsome Baroness Hardup.
Jack and the Beanstalk Pantomime Characters: A Complete Guide
Who's who in our Jack and the Beanstalk panto? Meet Dame Trot, Simon and two Blunderbore baddies; the Giant and his mum!
Aladdin Pantomime Characters: A Complete Guide
Who's who in our Aladdin? From Widow Twankey's laundrette to Abanazar's lair, we introduce every principal character so you know exactly who you're casting.
Hansel and Gretel Pantomime Characters
Wondering who's who in our Hansel and Gretel pantomime script? Here's a full casting guide to Dame Kipling, Greg, Griselda, and the rest of Sugartown.
Characters in a Pantomime: A Complete Guide
Pantomimes draws on a set of recurring character types, each with a specific job to do in the story and in the room and understanding them is essential to a great show. Here is a proper look at all of them.
Sleeping Beauty Pantomime Script Spotlight
Our Sleeping Beauty has a Dame who's also the Queen, a Herald who's lost his trumpet, and an interval duration of 100 years and 20 minutes.
The History of Pantomime
From ancient Greece to the London Palladium Theatre, the history of panto is a gloriously improbable tale. Oh yes it is!