Pantomime has deep roots, stretching back to the stock characters and bawdy humor of the 16th-century Italian commedia dell’arte and the French harlequinade, as well as the English music hall.

Pantomime is often seen as something quaint ... chases and acrobatics From the late 1600s these characters appeared in English comic plays, introduced by the theatre impresario John Rich.

And it continues today in one type of show – the Christmas pantomime. “Panto is a great way for young people to be introduced to the stage in a fun way. The interaction element brings a ...

It is the highest attended pantomime, for the length of run ... and Mayflower Studios – over 100,000 people came to see English National Ballet’s Nutcracker, Elf the Musical, A Very Hungry ...