Desmond Barrit, who has died aged 81, was an accountant who became a professional actor at the age of 34 to win a bet; he ...

Midsomer Murders star Desmond Barrit dies at 81 as co-stars lead tribute. The Olivier Award-winning actor passed away at his ...

The actor portrayed Buttons in a Cinderella pantomime, which was performed in an Oxfordshire town and received other ...

Actor, writer and comedian John Thomson and CBeebies presenter George Webster will head up the cast for this year’s spectacular Christmas pantomime The All New Adventures of Peter Pan at Northampton’s ...

Jack and de Beaniestawk is promising to bring music and laughter to the Earl Cameron Theatre, with fresh faces injecting new energy into the long-running Christmas pantomime tradition. Laura Bardgett, ...

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 theater. But ...

The Millennium Forum has announced that this year’s Christmas pantomime will be Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs and the ...

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 ...

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 ...