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British panto blends holiday tradition with Muslim culture

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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A mix of merriment, music and mayhem makes panto a beloved British holiday tradition

LONDON – Here’s a recipe as essential to Christmas in Britain as turkey, tinsel and mince pies. Mix a fairy-tale plot with topical references, slapstick, song, dance and double entendres. Drench in ...
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'It's behind you!' How Britain goes wild for pantomimes during the holidays

LONDON — 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 ...

Critics of drag panto told to 'touch grass'

Watching Window Twankey or Dame Trott making veiled innuendos in a room with screaming toddlers is a staple of British family life.
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'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 expected to join in... 'It's behind you!' How Britain goes wild for pantomimes ...
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A mix of merriment, music and mayhem makes panto a beloved British holiday tradition

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — Here’s a recipe as essential ...
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British panto production blends holiday tradition with Muslim culture and humor

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 ...