... HARROGATE RONNIE HILTON stars as Wishee Washee in Harrogate Theatre's pan tomime Aladdin. The show is directed by Donald Bodley, who has produced the theatre's pantomimes for several years. This one, playing to the usual festive full houses, also features ...

... BIRMINGHAM Alexandra THIS Triumph Theatre production, directed by Roger Redfarn. runs true to the long-honoured tradition of the Alexandra of giving Birmingham a true family pantomime with some-thing in it for every generation. John Morley's script is ...

... CARDIFF Sherman THE GREAT strength of Caricature Theatre's Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs is that it sticks firmly to the storyline. Alan Cook has based his script on the original Grimm's fairy tale, and director Jane Phillips has seen to it that the ...

... BELFAST THE ARTS Theatre is the only professional company in Belfast with a special Christmas show. All over the city, however, amateur societies, some very good, others far from good, have been staging pantomimes and giving pleasure to many. Up in Coleraine ...

... BARNSTAPLE THE CHRISTMAS pantomime at the Queen's Hall, Barnstaple this year was an Orchard Theatre Company version of Beauty And The Beast. It was specially prepared for the occasion by the young Cornish dramatist Nick Darke, whose play Summer Trade ...

... A Pity She's A Whore, and Dr Faustus. The play is arguably of interest to the great mass of people who rarely enter a theatre other than at Christmas, with its homely working class characters, a supposedly comic plot, and its heartwarming defence of ...

... Charleys Aunt CHICHESTER ALTHOUGH Charley's Aunt is now an octogenarian Patrick Lau's production at Chichester Festival Theatre successfully brings out the comedy and character with which Brandon Thomas endowed her. In general this is a production which ...

... Puss in Boots plots wear a little thin, and one desires at least a new peg for the pantomime Emperor's old clothes. For Live Theatre, John Bond has gone the whole hog and given us Apeman. For Apeman, who will grow up into Tarzan if only he can get his jungle ...

... this year by engaging comedian Gordon Peters to play the Dame in the panto Mother Goose running at Paignton's Festival Theatre. Gordon, who is well known for his television appearances and in West Country summer shows, is in his element in voluminous ...

... ST ANDREWS THE BYRE Theatre Company of St Andrews opened their Christmas pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk. written and directed by Rex Howard Arundel. This is a traditional pantomime aimed at children of all ages, sticking to the story of Jack selling ...

... SECOND CITY THEATRE COMPANY THIS COMMUNITY touring theatre company, based in Birmingham, have a delightful Christmas play, Maisie's Santa Panto, on tour to 40 different venues in the Greater Birmingham area over the Christmas season. Written by Michael ...

... Yorkshire, Georgian Theatre, and their formula is old is best. The show this year was Beauty and the Beast, written by J. R. Planche when he was 16. He worked at the College of Heralds and his main interest was composing for the theatre. The tale is familiar ...