All tagged panto
Big Top's Sleeping Beauty axed
There had to be a loser in the festive entertainment onslaught that has been dubbed 'panto wars', and the plan to revive the Summer Pops's big top tent to stage a pantomime and family fair at the arena site was up against it from the start. After ...
Cinderella at the Epstein
If you still haven't had your panto fix, I'm hearing good things about Cinderella, the first panto at the new Epstein Theatre. In its former guise as the Neptune, the venue was well known for its annual festival family show. Eighties pop star Soni...
Big panto, big top
Every year, round about now, places want to start flogging their panto tickets. It???s something MADEUP always tries to ignore until it all becomes too much (can't we have summer first?) but this week a genuinely intriguing announcement was made. Wh...
My Everyman
Well, the day has finally come, and MADEUP will be reporting on the closure of the Everyman and the big finale over the course of the weekend. The theatre has been asking the public for their memories and it will be exciting and poignant to hear t...
A little bit of Les Dennis
How time flies, dear reader. No sooner were we a-liggin' and a-jiggin' and a-sneezin' all over Pamela Anderson at the Aladdin press night, than the Empire's Christmas panto is about to wrap up with the last few shows of its run. All together now -...
Panto baddie David McGranaghan
A good panto baddie always has a scheme as well as a bit of a head for business ??? and David McGranaghan is no exception. Not only does he have his work cut out onstage as ousted fairy Oderon in Sleeping Beauty at the Everyman, he???s also snapping u...
Review: Aladdin, Liverpool Empire
It???s big, it???s brash, it???s finally here ??? the city???s flagship panto with the Hollywood star. It???s Aladdin this year, not that it really much matters, and Baywatch's Pamela Anderson the Genie of the Lamp we???ve all been waiting to see. Everything yo...
A week in celebs
I've been struggling with flu this week, and not only has that stopped me doing my proper job just at the worst possible time of year, it has also interfered with some really fun things as well. First, I had to cancel a meeting with THIS GUY. I kn...
Pamela Anderson arrives in Liverpool
The Empire has announced the arrival of Pamela Anderson to our little city this afternoon, as she prepares to take to the panto stage there from tomorrow. And she sounds game, apparently being heard to mutter: "I???ll be finding my local pub and als...
Return of the rock 'n' roll panto
The team behind the Everyman's rock 'n' roll panto are putting the finishing touches for this year's show - and the last in the venue as we know and love it. Writing team Sarah Nixon and Mark Chatterton, the best panto dame in town Francis Tucker ...
Panto fun at the Empire
"There's only eight weeks left 'til Christmas gerls, SO GO FER IT!" my aerobics instructor Wendy has taken to shouting mid-leg curl in an attempt to motivate us all. With that in mind, there was some by-the-book horseplay at the Empire this week a...