X-factor favourite and extravagant funny-man, Chico, has said that 'any time is Chico time' ahead of his performance in Mary Stevens Hospice's Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime next week. The annual ...

An actor who has starred as the dame in the Gaiety Theatre panto for the last 14 years is leaving the show behind him. Joe Conlan first took to the stage in the Gaiety at the age of 18 and has been ...

A trip to the pantomime is a Christmas tradition but they also lift the January gloom and run later in the year The Christmas decorations have been packed away, kids are back at school and new year ...

Pantomime is almost over for another year, but it can be a very lucrative time for celebs - with some of the biggest stars commanding six-figure fees for just a few weeks' work across the festive ...

Pantomime stalwart Christopher Biggins is one of the top paid stars RADIO 2’s Scott Mills has earned £190,000 in panto — but TV fave Alison Hammond is still queen of the Christmas show pay deals.

Alicia Belgarde is playing Aurora in the stage adaptation of Sleeping Beauty by Central Theatre this festive period One song is all it takes to put the fear in actors this winter. "I've got so many ...

See what the stars are getting paid this festive season for their panto roles A star-studded cast list of some of the biggest names in soap land will be laughing all the way to the bank this Christmas ...

Foreboding music begins. A scary green witch announces her arrival with a cackle. It’s the opening of Wicked Witches, a British holiday-time play known as a “pantomime,” at a North London theater. But ...

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 ...

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It was a gag about a packet of crisps in a Southend pantomime that inspired seven-year-old Damian Williams to get into showbusiness. Now, after 252 wigs, 200 pairs of sparkly Doc Marten boots and ...

Vikki Stone’s festive tomfoolery, staged after the Covid lockdowns, captured that strange time and achieved a special giddiness When I was a child, I did not go to pantos. I was born in Harare, ...