Festive Review: Cinderella, Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Life is imitating art at Shakespeare North this festive season. Or perhaps it is the other way...
Read MorePosted by Fran Yeoman | Nov 27, 2025 | Arts, Theatre
Life is imitating art at Shakespeare North this festive season. Or perhaps it is the other way...
Read MorePosted by Chris Wallis | Nov 14, 2024 | Archives
The Oldham panto is a great tradition, stretching back to the days of Kenneth Alan Taylor and beyond. As a writer and a Dame, Taylor is a pantomime legend and wrote his first panto (Cinderella) for Oldham Coliseum in the early...
Read MorePosted by Robert Hamilton | Nov 9, 2024 | Archives
As I write, a real Cinderella story is being played out in the pages of the rabidly, sycophantically Royalist British press. Lowly commoner Meghan Markle has met her Prince Charming in the guise of Prince Harry. A tonic for the...
Read MorePosted by Andy Murray | Jun 10, 2024 | Archives
York Theatre Royal’s annual Christmas show has become more than just a pantomime – it’s akin to a real-life soap opera. Many key members of the team have been in situ since the 1980s, and faithful audience...
Read MorePosted by Helen Nugent | Jun 4, 2024 | Archives
As the countdown to Christmas begins, this year’s magical family pantomime Cinderella at Manchester Opera House will see national icons Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean swapping their ice skates for hi-tech rollerblades as...
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