Put down your knitting...
...Your book and your Broom,
It's time for a Holiday,
Life is a Pantomime, old chum,
Come to the Pantomime,
Come taste the wine,
Come hear the Band,
Come blow your horn start celebrating,
Right this way your tables waiting,
No good, letting,
Some Prophet of Doom,
Wipe every smile away,
Life is a Pantomime, old chum,
Only a Pantomime, old chum,
So come too,
The Pantomime
As you can guess from the intro, it's Panto season again here in Grassington, so I was wondering if any of you do/have thoughts/been to see/ Know about pantomimes,I'd especcially like to see what Americans think of the custom.
Conceptualists
13-02-2005, 14:21
As you can guess from the intro, it's Panto season again here in Grassington,
Oh no is isn't.
OK, I know that was bad. But I just couldn't resist.
Oh no is isn't.
OK, I know that was bad. But I just couldn't resist.
Really, really bad.
Oh yes it is!
Pepe Dominguez
13-02-2005, 15:28
I'd especcially like to see what Americans think of the custom.
Never heard of it as a custom. Pantomime is what I had to do to pass my theater credits in grade school.. I think I had to mime fishing for trout or something..
Neo-Anarchists
13-02-2005, 15:31
Mimes are scary. Luckily, mimes are not generally bulletproof.
:D
Conceptualists
13-02-2005, 15:38
Mimes are scary. Luckily, mimes are not generally bulletproof.
:D
Unless they're in their invisible glass boxes though.
Neo-Anarchists
13-02-2005, 15:41
Unless they're in their invisible glass boxes though.
I suppose I'll have to fight them on their own territory then...
MIME BATTLE!!!
Never heard of it as a custom. Pantomime is what I had to do to pass my theater credits in grade school.. I think I had to mime fishing for trout or something..
It's basically a load of guys being silly, it's based on a fairy story (or as ours is a cross breed: Robin Hood and the Three Bears) You have a dame(Bloke acting as a woman) A principal Boy (The hero, who's a woman) and loads of other caracters.
Gorsley Gardens
15-02-2005, 11:10
The last panto I saw.... 'Jack and Jill and the Beanstalk'.
The lead character was called 'Alladin' and he was a woman. There was also a breakdancing genie who came on stage to 90s rap.
Neo-Anarchists
15-02-2005, 11:13
The last panto I saw.... 'Jack and Jill and the Beanstalk'.
The lead character was called 'Alladin' and he was a woman. There was also a breakdancing genie who came on stage to 90s rap.
Whoa.
Awesome. We need random stuff liek that in the US.
Whoa.
Awesome. We need random stuff liek that in the US.
We have all that sort of stuff, The Three bears singing Honey, Honey, Honey(Ie: The abba song), getting the Audsiance to sing Bohemian Rapsidy (Or if they can't do that, Teddy Bears Picnic) the Dame and her knickers...(Ie: Huge boxer shorts, size XXL), a witch Hazel singing Thriller (Or at least dancing to it) and the 7 dewarves doing the YMCA. Oh, and the entire cast doing DISCO (We havn't mastered it yet)
Gorsley Gardens
16-02-2005, 11:19
And they always have the infamous line:
'He's behind you!!!!!!!'
I loooooooove panto season.
Last I saw was Cinderella starring 'The Chuckle Brothers' at Bradford's Alhambra theater.
The Alhambra always has the finest shows and the biggest stars in West Yorkshire.
The worst I ever saw was peter pan in Halifax.
I loooooooove panto season.
Last I saw was Cinderella starring 'The Chuckle Brothers' at Bradford's Alhambra theater.
The Alhambra always has the finest shows and the biggest stars in West Yorkshire.
The worst I ever saw was peter pan in Halifax.
I've always preferred smaller Panto's myself, large ones seem too well done, there's no mistakes at all.