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PANTOS & CHRISTMAS SHOWS
It may only be October but the countdown to the panto season has kicked off…oh yes it has! From school productions and amateur dramatics to touring troupes and our leading local theatres, there’s a panto or Christmas show coming to a venue near you that’s guaranteed to put the icing on your festive fun. The history of pantomime can be traced back to 16th century Italy with a form of travelling street theatre called Commedia dell’arte. A physical type of theatre that involved music, tumbling, dance and buffoonery, Commedia troupes had a reputation of stories that they performed in fairgrounds and market places. So what can you look forward to locally this Christmas for some slap-stick humour, dodgy jokes and lots of belly laughs?
• Peter Pan fl ies into the EM Forster Theatre, Tonbridge, when Wicked Productions return with the classic beloved tale from 13th December-5th January. “Never Never” will your swash be more buckled than when you see this show! Visit
emftheatre.com • You can also meet Peter and the Lost Boys, Tiger Lily and Tinker Bell, set sail for Neverland and take on Captain Hook, when Peter Pan (above) comes to the Assembly Hall Theatre in Tunbridge Wells from
7th December-5th January. Directed by the Assembly Hall’s very own JJ Almond and produced by Martin Dodd for UK Productions. Visit
assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk • This festive season The Stag in Sevenoaks presents Aladdin from 6th December-5th January. Following the record-breaking Dick Whittington and Snow White, Silly Billy (aka Ant Payne), Danny Beard, and Jasette Amos are all back with a bang in what promises to be The Stag’s biggest panto ever. Visit
stagsevenoaks.co.uk • And there’s everything you could wish for in a panto when Aladdin, starring Christopher Biggins, Max Fulham and Rikki Jay, stops off at The Churchill Theatre, Bromley, with fl ying carpets, a wish- granting genie, an evil sorcerer and plenty of festive magic from 7th December-5th January. Visit
churchilltheatre.co.uk • Meanwhile Steve McFadden and Andy Ford lead the cast at the Orchard Theatre Dartford from 14th December-5th January, for high-fl ying pantomime adventure with Peter Pan. Visit
orchardtheatre.co.uk • The Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone is serving up something different from the usual festive family favourites with Beauty and The Beast from 30th November-31st December. Visit
parkwoodtheatres.co.uk
• The Oast in Tonbridge goes deep into the forest with Ken Ludwig’s Sherwood! The Adventures of Robin Hood between 12th- 15th & 19th-21st December. Visit oasttheatre.
cloudvenue.co.uk, while Hastings White Rock Theatre is another venue opting for perennial festive favourite Aladdin, from 13th- 29th December. Visit
whiterocktheatre.org.uk • Join in a magical family adventure at Trinity Theatre in Tunbridge Wells with their Christmas show, Hans Christian Andersen’s classic children’s favourite The Snow Queen, adapted by Theresa Heskins and directed by Trinity’s artistic director Kezia Cole, from 12th December-5th January. Visit
trinitytheatre.net • Tonbridge Lions will present The Queen of Hearts, staged by the Tonbridge Community Pantomime group at the Angel Centre in Tonbridge on 14th & 15th December, at 2pm and 6pm both days. A limited number of tickets are available for the Gala Night on Friday 13th. Tickets go on sale on 1st October, call 01732 359966.
• If you’re putting on a pantomime this Christmas, be sure to let us know by 6th November and we’ll try to include it in our Panto Round-up in the next issue... Oh yes we will!
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