Panto's here... oh yes it is!
If you are looking for some hiss and boo action this festive season, pantomimes are popping up all over. The Corn Exchange panto opens tonight...Oxford Playhouse too, followed by The Hexagon next week and The Anvil the week after.
Plested and Brown are back full of beans for some Fee Fi Fo FUN! with Jack & The Beanstalk at Newbury Corn Exchange. When Jack sells the beloved family cow for some magic beans, a beanstalk climbing adventure ensues. But as Jack reaches the top, he finds a mystical castle in the clouds… and a very unfriendly giant who has some very unfriendly plans. Expect all the traditional Corn Exchange pantomime fun, with plenty of jokes, songs from across the decades and magic in GIGANTIC proportions. Runs to Saturday, Dec 31. Gala fundraising night Saturday, Dec 3, 5pm, for the venue's Future Fund. https://cornexchangenew.com
With laugh out loud jokes, stunning scenery and costumes and two beautiful Shetland ponies, join Cinderella and make your dreams come true at The Anvil, Basingstoke (Friday, Dec 9 – Monday, Jan 2). ‘The lovely Debbie McGee’ makes her Anvil debut as the delightful Fairy Godmother, starring alongside the hilarious Dame Chris Pizzey, who returns by popular demand. The script is written by Jon Monie, winner of the Best Script at The Pantomime Awards 2019. Signed performance Tuesday, December 13, 6pm, and a relaxed performance on Tuesday, Dec 20, 2pm. https://www.anvilarts.org.uk
It’s Cinders, too, at Oxford Playhouse from tonight (Friday) to Jan 8. Handsome but hapless Prince Charming has finally left university and come back home to the Kingdom of Ox. He’s ready to take on the crown and is looking for a wife. His ‘loyal’ deputy is there by his side, but the devilish Dandina has plans of her own. She’s determined to become Queen herself, whatever that may take... Join Cinderella, and her best friend Buttons the mouse, on a midnight carriage ride like no other to the Playhouse Panto Party of the year! https://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/
And... another Jack and the Beanstalk at The Hexagon, Reading, (Dec 3 – Jan 2) a panto of GIANT proportions, starring children’s television megastar Justin Fletcher as Gil Trott and the hilarious, award-winning Paul Morse as Nanny Hydrangea Trott. Visit https://whatsonreading.com/ to find out more about a dastardly villain, a hapless comic and a hilarious panto dame, fabulous musical numbers and bags of slapstick fun.
