{"id":12800,"date":"2017-12-16T08:30:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T08:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12800"},"modified":"2017-12-16T08:30:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T08:30:08","slug":"pantomime-season-oh-yes-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12800","title":{"rendered":"Pantomime season&#8230;oh yes it is!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At this time of year a lot of families make their annual trip to a pantomime. This form of\u00a0family entertainment was developed in England, although it&#8217;s origins can be traced back to classical theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Performed throughout the United Kingdom during the Christmas and New Year season,\u00a0 the shows tell stories based on well-known fairy tales. Modern pantomimes include topical humour, slapstick comedy and traditional gender-crossing actors. With singing and dancing, they usually include audience participation with\u00a0the audience singing along and shouting out phrases to the performers.<\/p>\n<h2>Aladdin<\/h2>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know why, but as a child, I always seemed to be taken to see Aladdin. And this year two of my friends just happen to be in separate productions of&#8230;..you&#8217;ve guessed it &#8211; Aladdin!<\/p>\n<h2>Aladdin &#8211; London<\/h2>\n<p>Aladdin is being performed in London\u2019s West End. Join Aladdin on his quest to woo beautiful Princess Jasmine. Boo and hiss at Jafar, the evil sorcerer. Cheer the wish granting Genie.<\/p>\n<h4><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2i9bB2S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book tickets\u00a0<\/a>to this and other top London shows<\/em><\/h4>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12802\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/gba_7547.jpg\" alt=\"gba_7547\" width=\"5866\" height=\"3916\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Aladdin &#8211; outside London<\/h2>\n<p>CBeebies Cat Sandion takes on the role of Jasmine at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lichfieldgarrick.com\/whats-on\/family\/aladdin\/40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lichfield Garrick Theatre<\/a>. She is joined by Ben Thornton as Wishee Washee and\u00a0Sam Rabone as Dame Widow Twankey, who are known for their outstanding comical timing.<\/p>\n<p>Take a magic carpet ride to the South West&#8217;s Traditional Pantomime. TV legend\u00a0John Altman is Abanazar to Daniel Slade&#8217;s Aladdin at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk\/Playhouse-Theatre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Playhouse, Weston-super-Mare<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12801\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"630\" height=\"882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2i9bB2S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book theatre tickets\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0and see a show<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this time of year a lot of families make their annual trip to a pantomime. This form of\u00a0family entertainment was developed in England, although it&#8217;s origins can be traced back to classical theatre. Performed throughout the United Kingdom during the Christmas and New Year season,\u00a0 the shows tell stories based on well-known fairy tales. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12800\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pantomime season&#8230;oh yes it is!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[521,671,345],"tags":[1106,1458,1459,1460,1461],"class_list":["post-12800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calendar-events-misc","category-social-team-building","category-theatre","tag-aladdin-sane","tag-ben-thornton","tag-daniel-slade","tag-pantomime","tag-princess-jasmine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pantomime season...oh yes it is! - City Adventurers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12800\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pantomime season...oh yes it is! - City Adventurers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At this time of year a lot of families make their annual trip to a pantomime. 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