Panto pandemonium
Submitted by debritz on November 11, 2008 - 20:36.
| Its rituals may be something of a mystery to Australian audiences, but the pantomime is alive and well in Britain. Every regional city has at least one panto happening this Christmas, and they all have one thing in common - B and C-list celebs, plus the occasional faded -lister, in starring roles. In Liverpool, it's Cilla Black as the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella; in Bath it's former Doctor Who Colin Baker as Fleshcreep, the Giant's henchman, in Jack and the Beanstalk; in Bristol it's Mickey Rooney (yes, the Mickey Rooney) as Baron Hardup in another Cinderella; Christopher Ellison (Frank Burnside from The Bill) is in Alladin at Tunbridge Wells; and in Bromley, Kent, it's Police Academy star Steve Guttenberg in yet another Cinderella. In London, Britt Ekland is at the Shaw Theatre in (you guessed it) Cinderella. If you're a Neighbours fan, past or present, it's your annual chance to catch your favourite Aussie heartthrob on stage, with Alan Fletcher (Dr Karl) in Peter Pan at Aberdeen; Mark Little in Snow White at Worthing; Craig McLachlan in, yet again, Cinderella at Southampton; and Caitlin Stasey in Snow White at Norwich. There's more here. |  |
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