Comedian Dave, who lived in Herne, was the larger-than-life comic who, for so long, was synonymous with the role before his ...

While the panto stage sparkles with slapstick and sequins, behind the curtain is a different kind of drama. For nearly 30 years, a mother-and-daughter duo have been the real-life fairy godmothers ...

Darren Henley, chief executive of Arts Council England, says pantomimes are the "absolute bedrock" that regional theatre ...

Paul Gibson splits his time between working in pantomime and television as a director [Paul Gibson] A television director has said he wants to bring back "warm and sparkly" shows for the whole family ...

Tributes have been paid to a talented performer who entertained audiences in Stoke-on-Trent as a pantomime dame for decades. 'Gentle giant' Paul Brammer was well-known across the Potteries for his ...

Johnny McKnight talks to Joyce McMillan about the great Scottish panto tradition, and how he and other theatre-makers have been re-thinking it for the 21st century The imposing Bute Hall at Glasgow ...

A huge slip ‘n’ slide, an enormous, flying turtle and quite possibly the most outrageous Dame outfit ever seen left the ...

He said: "A good Dame costume should get a laugh when it is first seen – the bigger the laugh the more perfect it is." The ...

LONDON (AP) — 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 ...

A festive treat for all the family awaits at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley, where ‘Beauty and the Beast' plays until the New ...

A television director has said he wants to bring back "warm and sparkly" shows for the whole family to enjoy, ahead of taking on the role of a dame in a pantomime. Paul Gibson, 55, from Bedworth, ...