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Post by talkingheads on Mar 6, 2020 17:20:19 GMT
Also looks like a trip to Cardiff this year to see Paul Chuckle. I hoped he'd stay in Bradford with Billy Pearce, they were so good together.
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 9, 2020 14:08:18 GMT
Sheffield's Lyceum Theatre has pulled off a right coup! In addition to Damian Williams returning for the 13th year running, Sam Nixon from Crackerjack is joining the cast...alongside some bloke called Kelvin Fletcher.
After not seeing a panto for over 30 years, I've decided it's time for my first visit as an adult. Oh yes it is!
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Post by tonyloco on Mar 9, 2020 16:45:24 GMT
If memory serves me correctly, Clive Rowe as the Dame got a big laugh in a previous production of this panto at Hackney when, while attempting to climb up the beanstalk, he launched into a few lines of 'Defying Gravity'!
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Post by talkingheads on Apr 1, 2020 19:23:34 GMT
Lovely to be posting some good news for a change, Michael Ball is playing Dame alongside Jason Donovan at Birmimgham Hippodrome.
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Post by mortal on Apr 3, 2020 21:31:13 GMT
Does anyone think the palladium will happen this year?
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Post by talkingheads on Apr 3, 2020 21:49:34 GMT
Does anyone think the palladium will happen this year? I hope so! It must be one of if not the most profitable pantos in the country. The only thing is, I can only just afford it normally so unless they lower the prices this year to account for the amount of unemployed I don't know if I'll be able to go. |
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Post by trapdoor on Apr 5, 2020 7:33:07 GMT
Lovely to be posting some good news for a change, Michael Ball is playing Dame alongside Jason Donovan at Birmimgham Hippodrome. Note the date of when it was tweeted... |
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Post by talkingheads on Apr 5, 2020 7:41:16 GMT
Lovely to be posting some good news for a change, Michael Ball is playing Dame alongside Jason Donovan at Birmimgham Hippodrome. Note the date of when it was tweeted... You know what? Sod anybody making April Fools jokes during a pandemic. I loathe anybody who does it and I truly, truly mean that. Fake news is bad enough as it is without people fuelling the fire. |
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Post by Dr Tom on Apr 13, 2020 18:43:21 GMT
Last year's pantomime (Cinderella) from the Mercury Theatre in Colchester is available to stream on YouTube until the end of the week:
Just watched it. A lot of fun. It's a jukebox pantomime, if such a thing exists, with lots of songs pulled from other musicals (including other jukebox musicals).
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Post by Dr Tom on Apr 13, 2020 19:00:35 GMT
And, if you want some more Cinderella, the Courtyard in Hereford are streaming their pantomime from last year. It's available until Sunday.
Don't think I can manage two versions of this in one day, but I may give it a watch later in the week.
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Post by talkingheads on Apr 17, 2020 14:02:17 GMT
Rumour is that the Palladium Panto is Jack and the Beanstalk with Nigel Havers.
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Post by dontdreamit on Jun 9, 2020 8:13:35 GMT
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Post by xanady on Jul 6, 2020 16:12:31 GMT
.....erm??
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Post by xanady on Jul 6, 2020 16:18:33 GMT
....oh,yes...the govt starring in a new version of ‘Babes In The Wood’,entitled ‘Boris In The S**t’....
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 6, 2020 16:30:41 GMT
I'm surprised we haven't seen an in depth article about the catastrophic effects of losing the panto season.
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Post by basdfg on Jul 6, 2020 17:03:33 GMT
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Post by kathryn on Jul 6, 2020 20:33:22 GMT
Well, Matthew Anderson has achieved the seemingly impossible in uniting Theatre Twitter!
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 6, 2020 21:27:03 GMT
I'm surprised it's only 20%, I thought it was closer to 70%! |
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Post by xanady on Jul 6, 2020 21:43:51 GMT
talkingheads,I agree...I’m sure that I’ve heard 72% quoted before possibly the Belgrade,Coventry or the Grand,Wolverhampton?....the 20% seems very,very low.
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 12, 2020 17:34:20 GMT
Julian Clary said on Sunday Brunch that there is a slim chance that the Palladium Panto will go ahead. It deems they are sticking to the August 3rd deadline for deciding. I can't see it, especislly one as lavish as that.
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 13, 2020 11:53:35 GMT
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Post by dontdreamit on Jul 13, 2020 15:30:32 GMT
That’s a great idea, and I really hope other theatres consider doing the same- I would book the whole family tickets in a heartbeat even though I don’t often do pantos much any more. |
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 13, 2020 16:14:33 GMT
That’s a great idea, and I really hope other theatres consider doing the same- I would book the whole family tickets in a heartbeat even though I don’t often do pantos much any more. Me too, I'd booked opening and closing night of the York Panto mainly because Berwick Kaler is back, so hopefully they will keep tickets already booked for the new dates. |
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Post by princeton on Jul 26, 2020 12:22:18 GMT
Please let's not give his views an airing on this board at all - even if it is by linking to a tweet which may be condemnatory but also includes an extract from his video and his twitter handle. It's all too easy to press play or go to his account to find out more - which is the very reason such clickbait was posted in the first place.
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 26, 2020 13:33:49 GMT
Please let's not give his views an airing on this board at all - even if it is by linking to a tweet which may be condemnatory but also includes an extract from his video and his twitter handle. It's all too easy to press play or go to his account to find out more - which is the very reason such clickbait was posted in the first place. That's true, just reporting on the Twotter backlash, didn't think about the video. |
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