Posts for "panto"

East Van Panto: West Van Story

Posted at December 22, 2025

OK, I just explained pantos. Moving on! Holly’s the daughter of an evil real estate developer (boo!) in West Vancouver. Her mother-father…

What's a Panto?

Posted at December 22, 2025

I’ve talked about pantomimes before, but I spent most of my life knowing absolutely nothing about them. Here’s my attempt to explain what…

Jack and the Beanstalk

Posted at December 16, 2025

In this production of Jack and the Beanstalk—my second panto at Metro Theatre—the trouble comes less from giants and more from the evil…

The Peter Pan Panto

Posted at December 13, 2014

Madness. The Gaiety Theatre was packed, almost all school children (something like ten school groups were there). They were encouraged to…