Tagged in PANTOMIME

By Will Noble

Panto In London - Where To Watch The Best Pantomimes This Festive Season

Panto is back for 2023 - oh yes it is!

By Sophia Shluger

Cinderella Goes Woke At Lyric Hammersmith

A lack of ball control.

★★★☆☆

By London Historians

The Londoner Who Pioneered Panto As We Know It Today

Hogarth and Samuel Johnson were fans.

By Paul Ewing

Panto Returns To Its Roots With Mother Goose

A pantomime with a classic twist at Wilton's Music Hall.

★★★★☆

By David Lloyd-Davies

The Christmas Panto You Don't Want To Take Your Kids To

NOT for kids.

★★★☆☆

By Johnny Fox

Too Early for Panto? Oh No It Isn’t …

Just hear that ring-ting-ting-a-ling as the cash registers rack up advance bookings.

By Rosalind Stone

Wilton's Dick Whittington Has Roundels, Rats And Romps: Review

Can you believe it's the Music Hall's first panto in over 300 years?

★★★★☆

Cinderella: Book Now And You Shall Go To The Ball

See Cinders at Millfield Theatre.

By Phillipa Ellis

London’s Best Family-Friendly Christmas Shows

Top tips on where to entertain the family this Christmas.

By Zoe Craig

Video: Hoxton Hall Relaunches

The home of contemporary variety in London.

By Ben Venables

What's Behind Pantomime?

How the theatrical tradition conquered Christmas.

By Londonist

Christmas Family Activities In London

Things to do whether you're young or just young-at-heart.

By DannyH

Missed London Panto? Oh No You Haven’t!

Still time to see a panto...it's not behind you.

By Rachel Holdsworth

Theatre Round-Up: Panto And Christmas Shows In London

The pick of this year's festive shows.

By Zoe Craig

What's On In London Theatre 27 Nov-3 Dec

Our top tips for the best theatre, opera and seasonal shows opening in London this week.

By Zoe Craig

Arts Ahead: What's On In London 29 November – 5 December

Our pick of the best theatre, dance, opera, music and art shows opening this week

By Zoe Craig

Arts Ahead: What's New in London 14 – 20 December

As Christmas creeps closer, London's cultural calendar rolls over and lets its tummy be tickled by endless children's shows and pantomimes. Where else in the world can you see a Hamlet adapted for kids in the same city as the Hoff stars as Hook in Peter Pan? There's also Japanese cinema, American art and French farce. And dancing squirrels.

By Zoe Craig

Arts Ahead: What's On In London 30 Nov – 6 Dec

This week's Arts Ahead features plenty of festive fare for younger theatre audiences, as well as some Shakespeare, some schmaltz, an annual Snowman, and a touch of ventriloquism. There's also a smattering of exciting new contemporary art shows, and a new Climate Change gallery opening at the Science Museum...