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How the CBeebies Christmas panto became like Oasis for six-year-olds

For this year's CBeebies pantomime, the kids' TV institution staged Cinderella in Bradford – this year's city of culture.

What to watch with your children this Christmas across the BBC and BBC iPlayer

What better way to kick off Christmas Eve than with a little sparkle in CBeebies Panto: Cinderella. Filmed at Bradford’s ...
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School removes Christmas references from panto to make children feel ‘safe and valued’

A school said it removed Christmas references from a panto performance put on for pupils and parents to make them feel “safe and valued”. Mandy Ovenden, the head teacher of Wherwell Primary School in ...

'It's behind you!' How Britain goes wild for pantomimes during the holidays

Pantomimes are plays based on a well-known story — often a fairy tale — which are given a bawdy twist. The audience is ...
WhatsOnStage

Theatre Royal Panto to be beamed to hospitalised children

In what is believed to be a UK first, all poorly children in hospitals across the North East will get the chance to see Newcastle Theatre Royal’s pantomime Aladdin from the comfort of their bedsides.

‘Too rude for kids’: Families walk out of Catherine Tate's 'smut fest' panto at London's Palladium

The show, which runs at family-friendly times of 2.30pm and 7.30pm, features The Catherine Tate Show star as the villainous ...

Bradford Alhambra panto stars talk to T&A about the show

In Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Sarah joins Billy Pearce, in his 25th Alhambra panto, as the Man in the Mirror, Eighties pop princess Sinitta as Spirit of Pantomime, drag star Myra DuBois as Queen ...
The New York Times

Pantomimes, an annual British cultural institution, are canceled.

The pantomime — merry, family-friendly musical comedy shows which take top billing at theaters throughout December — remains a peculiarly British tradition. It is nominally a children’s Christmas show ...