But Pantomime, for the British, is something else. "Pantomimes" are children's Christmas plays. And over there, they are a cherished part of the season. In British pantomimes, the performers talk.

This year’s CBeebies Christmas Panto Beauty and the Beast was recorded in September at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh. As ever, the show features many of CBeebies' most popular actors and ...

Here are 18 British Christmas traditions that might surprise you. Pantomimes, or "pantos," are plays performed around Christmastime in the UK. Pantos are humorous, slapstick entertainment for the ...

LONDON — Here’s a recipe as essential to Christmas in Britain as turkey ... add some noisy audience participation, and you have a panto.

Pantomime has deep roots, stretching back to the stock characters and bawdy humor of the 16th-century Italian commedia dell’arte and the French harlequinade, as well as the English music hall.

Fast forward 120 years and that same story is being presented to audiences in Weymouth this Christmas complete with great performances, quality sets, cheeky winks, and enough jokes to keep the whole ...

A festive pantomime brought cheer to children at Northwick Park Hospital at Christmas. Festive magic was sprinkled around the children’s ward by the Starlight Foundation — with Alf the Elf and ...