Panto

Maureen to be queen in Stafford panto

20 July 2021

Maureen Nolan will play the Wicked Queen, Rebecca Keatley will take the lead role and Keith Jack will be Prince Joseph in Stafford Gatehouse Theatre’s 2021 panto Snow White.

Cinderella will go to the Ball in Amble

7 July 2021

Amble-based NTC’s panto Cinderella will be able to go ahead this Christmas thanks to an anonymous donation.

Wicked Vicky back in Blackpool

4 July 2021

Vicky Entwistle is set to join the cast at Blackpool Grand Theatre for this year’s pantomime.

Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother announced

2 July 2021

Darlington Hippodrome has announced who will be playing the Fairy Godmother in its panto Cinderella later this year.

Suzanne Shaw to be Belle in Chesterfield panto

29 June 2021

Suzanne Shaw will play Belle in Beauty and the Beast, the 2021 panto at Chesterfield’s Pomegranate Theatre.

Kenneth Alan Taylor recognised by Queen

15 June 2021

Writer, manager, director and actor Kenneth Alan Taylor has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday honours for services to theatre and pantomime.

Champ to play King Rat in Northampton panto

11 June 2021

Ricky Champ, resident bad boy Stuart Highway in the BBC soap EastEnders, will play King Rat in the 2021 Northampton Royal and Derngate panto Dick Whittington.

Planting an autumn panto

3 June 2021

Panto producer Regal Entertainments is bringing its recent online panto to the stage at St Helens Theatre Royal.

Crossroads Live takes over Qdos Pantomimes

25 May 2021

Musical theatre producer Crossroads Live has acquired Qdos Pantomimes.

Island posting for Todd Carty

10 May 2021

Grange Hill’s Tucker and Dancing on Ice contestant Todd Carty swaps the screen for St Helens Theatre Royal to appear in the summertime family pantomime Treasure Island.

Gates stars in Liverpool Sleeping Beauty

10 May 2021

Gareth Gates stars as the handsome prince in Sleeping Beauty—The Pantomime of Your Dreams.

Spring and summer pantos

26 April 2021

Streamed and live pantomime listings for May–August 2021. Updated: 26 April 2021.

Panto booking opens at the Customs House

1 April 2021

Booking for Rapunzel, this year’s panto at the Customs House in South Shields, has opened.

Three lives for Liverpool

19 March 2021

Shone Productions has announced three new shows—including a pantomime—heading for Liverpool.

Jack and the streamed Stalk

19 March 2021

St Helens Theatre Royal’s Easter pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk will be streamed online.

Goldilocks looks to Christmas in St Helens

7 March 2021

Pandemic or not, the panto planning must go on...

Dick Whittington

Jude Christian and Cariad Lloyd

Nurse Nellie Saves Panto

Paul Hendy

Beauty and the Beast

Cinderella

Tom Whalley

Rottenchops' Revenge

Neil Armstrong and Paul Hartley

The Snow Queen Rock 'n' Roll Panto

Peter Rowe

Snow White in the Seven Months of Lockdown

John Savournin & David Eaton

Robinson Crusoe

Devised by Michael Harrison with additional material by Les Dennis and Andy Ford

Oh yes it is!....

Arbuthnot and Dame Bella’s Christmas Adventure

Davey Hopper and Jen Stevens, with additional material by Ray Spencer, music ...

Dick Whittington

Paul Hendy

D!CK the Adult Panto

James Chalmers, Nick Wyshna and Charlotte Bateup

Four Dames in Search of a Panto

James Barry

Jack and the Beanstalk

Peter Duncan

Aladdin

Adam Brown and Clare Plested

Cinderella

Steven Blakeley

Frostbite : Who Pinched My Muff?

Gareth Joyner

Dick Whittington—A New Dick in Town

Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper

Cinderella: A Socially Distanced Ball

Jodie Prenger and Neil Hurst

Die Another Dame!

Emma Crocombe

Can I go to a panto mummy?

26 November 2020

Philip Fisher is completely baffled by the government's latest regulations for theatres.

Some Hope Amidst the Agony

6 November 2020

Philip Fisher spots some rays of light in the latest coronavirus legislation.

Panto 2020: the season in stats

30 October 2020

Simon Sladen brings you Pantoland's vital statistics in a season where less is more.

Panto Season 2020: Oh Yes It Is!

16 October 2020

Simon Sladen looks forward to Panto Season 2020 and explores how COVID-19 has affected the Industry. (Updated 28/10/20)

Saving panto? Huh!

9 October 2020

While a small part of the theatre industry celebrates Operation Sleeping Beauty, Peter Lathan is far more cynical.

Operation Sleeping Beauty: Pantoland's Kiss of Life?

9 October 2020

Simon Sladen reports on the National Lottery initiative to purchase pantomime tickets to seats unable to be sold due to 'social distancing' under Operation Sleeping Beauty.

Pandemic Panto-monium!

17 September 2020

Simon Sladen reports on the latest industry activity ahead of Panto Season 2020 including strategies companies are taking to produce COVID-secure productions. Updated 23/09/20.