Pantomime

[Julia9054]

Do pantos usually have live musicians?

We used to go as a family when I was a child and I don't recall any.

I think it is usual. Most stage shows with musical numbers will have a pit band. The one in Sevenoaks also has a 5 piece gospel choir. They are the best thing in it.

 

[Julia9054]

Joe is second from the right

 

[EltonFrog]

I haven’t been for a few years, but I saw some great pantomime back in the day, with some great stars, Cannon & Ball ( who have had more bums on seats than Elvis) Brian Conley who is superb, Derrick Griffith’s, a brilliant baddie, and my favourite pantomime actor Micheal Barrymore, as well as Les Dawson, Les Dennis, Britt Eckland, Anita Dobson and others I forgotten, all great performers.

Forty odd years ago I was in a few myself, I’ve been the principal boy, a pantomime dame and a baddie.

I love the Pantomime me, there’s no finer art form when produced properly.

 

[Oldbloke]

Saw some excellent pantos when my sons were young; the last one I saw starred Neil & Christine Hamilton, who I found almost likeable afterwards.

 

[MichaelW2]

I remember a pantomime staring Basil Brush, it must have been late 1960s. He is still treading the boards and hogging the limelight and still as entertaining and snarky as he ever was.

 

[MichaelW2]

I haven’t been for a few years, but I saw some great pantomime back in the day, with some great stars, Cannon & Ball ( who have had more bums on seats than Elvis) Brian Conley who is superb, Derrick Griffith’s, a brilliant baddie, and my favourite pantomime actor Micheal Barrymore, as well as Les Dawson, Les Dennis, Britt Eckland, Anita Dobson and others I forgotten, all great performers.

Forty odd years ago I was in a few myself, I’ve been the principal boy, a pantomime dame and a baddie.

I love the Pantomime me, there’s no finer art form when produced properly.

I met Derick Griffiths when he was doing rep with one of my mother's cousins. A real trouper and star of Play School.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Took the kids to the amateur pantos here. They were excellent. Then "the management" decided to put on "professional" ones with aged has beens. Absolutely dreadful with said has beens just going through the motions. We didn't go again.

 

[pawl]

If you watch television news reports you can see pantomime every day of the week .Its called the House Of Parliament.,

 

[steveindenmark]

Now Christmas Day (aka the festival of bah humbug on this forum) is over, the miserable grumps of Cyclechat need something else to moan about

So you reckon I am one of the miserable grumps on here???

Oh no he's not. Oh yes he is.

I just thought it odd that someone would like to start a post about something they cant stand. Personally, I would rather talk about something I like.

If that makes me a grump. I must be. If you say so.

 

[vickster]

So you reckon I am one of the miserable grumps on here???

Oh no he's not. Oh yes he is.

I just thought it odd that someone would like to start a post about something they cant stand. Personally, I would rather talk about something I like.

If that makes me a grump. I must be. If you say so.

Not you, you didn’t start this the latest Cyclechat grump thread did you?
Well not this time

 

[Venod]

Not you, you didn’t start this the latest Cyclechat grump thread did you?
Well not this time

It must be me then, how very dare you actually you're probably spot on, the wife has a similar opinion of me, but I wear my grumpiness with pride, so I will consider it a compliment.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Love panto.
From R4 the other morning understand that the part of Principle boy no longer seems to be played by a laydeee.....

 

[Venod]

Love panto.
From R4 the other morning understand that the part of Principle boy no longer seems to be played by a laydeee.....

Well slap my thigh, that's news to me.

 

[derrick]

Im wondering why you are even discussing it then. We could talk about peas pudding, I hate that 🙄

I love peas pudding but hate mushy peas. Love a good panto

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I never liked Pantomime as a child and as I have aged I dislike it even more, it seems to be full of second rate actors dressed in the gaudiest costumes spouting the same outdated jokes, am I alone in this disike of the Pantomime or do I need to reconsider my position. (titter fom the audience)

Pantomime never seemed to figure on my childhood map but I recently went with a school party where I realised that good panto appeals to kids but, like the best kids' books, also entertains adults. Maybe I was lucky.