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 ...

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 ...

The fairy tale of “Cinderella” is one we have all grown up with and, in many cases, have loved since childhood. But few have ever had the good fortune of seeing a live performance of the beloved ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pantomime. For many Americans the very word elicits frightening memories of silent, pale, black-clad street performers terrorizing little children with wild gesticulations. However, obnoxious mimers ...