Comments on: Oh No They Didn’t! English Christmas Pantomime

By: Susanna (A Modern Mother)

Susanna (A Modern Mother) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:24:52 +0000

I’m a big fan now.

I just saw my first one this year, because my three daughters were in it!

Lot’s of fun.

You can read all about it… http://tinyurl.com/a6g4eu

By: Mara

Mara — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:44:20 +0000

There is a theatre near us in Pennsylvania that does a traditional panto every year, but my complaint is that they aren’t really silly or bawdy enough! We saw Robin Hood last year with our five-year-old and it didn’t really engage him. The one you describe here sounds so lunatic – I’m a bit jealous. Especially since Fonzie was in it.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:27:26 +0000

I love pantomime–there is nothing like it. I once saw the former Bond girl Britt Ekland (who is my mother’s age!) play the scantily clad genie of the lamp in Aladdin. Wasn’t she on just about every single episode of the Love Boat when we were growing up?

By: Carolina

Carolina — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:52:24 +0000

The Fonz and Tinkerbell together on the same stage sounds bizarre enough.
Love it of course. It sounds Just like all the innuendo, and adult jokes in kids movies… only worse?

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:13:02 +0000

I had a funny experience when visiting England a few years back. I am from the UK but live in California. We were over during the holidays and went to a pantomime. While standing in the foyer of the theatre waiting for the Panto to start, I got talking to an American couple who hadn’t been to a pantomime before. They were asking us what to expect. We tried to explain about the dirty jokes, the men in drag, the lead male part being played by a woman and THEN explain the whole thing was really for kids. It was one of the most ridiculous, confusing conversations I have ever had!