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The Magic of Pantomime
The Christmas season in the UK would be nothing without the traditional 'Panto'.These funny musical plays date back to the Middle Ages and are based on a combination of Italian comedy and British Music Hall.Comedians, singers and dancers perform in hilariously exaggerated ways.The shows are mostly aimed at children and are based on popular fairy stories and folk legends.Pantomime has become big business in the UK.Large theatres are in competition with each other for the best fairy stories as well as star performers who will help bring in large crowds to cover expenses.Pantomimes can often run for six to ight weeks.This obviously means they provide much-needed-profits for theatres up and down the country.Over the years,it has combined many different features of theatre and so, in adapting , has managed to avoid extinction of a kind.The novelty aspect too has always been important to its survival.Traditional pantomime,in order to remain popular , had to keep up-to-date with events and new trends.In doing so,it remains one of the most popular forms of entertainment on the country.To be described as traditional, a pantomime needs to have a strong story line and include all the important elements of 'good' battling against 'evill', with the good guy always being the winner.Even today,the pantomime 'baddie' is always the first to come on stage from the dark side,followed by his competitor , the ' goodie' from the right side.Song and dance are also important to support the traditional plot, with influences from Italian comedy and characters performing various situations to delight audiences.There comic chases and situations have come to be known as 'Slapstick" comedy.This form of comedy takes its name from a device that was carried by a pantomime character and used as both a weapon when used, for example by the star comedian, in order to create a more theatrical effect when hitting fellow actors
The Magic of Pantomime
The Christmas season in the UK would be nothing without the traditional 'Panto'.These funny musical plays date back to the Middle Ages and are based on a combination of Italian comedy and British Music Hall.Comedians, singers and dancers perform in hilariously exaggerated ways.The shows are mostly aimed at children and are based on popular fairy stories and folk legends.Pantomime has become big business in the UK.Large theatres are in competition with each other for the best fairy stories as well as star performers who will help bring in large crowds to cover expenses.Pantomimes can often run for six to ight weeks.This obviously means they provide much-needed-profits for theatres up and down the country.Over the years,it has combined many different features of theatre and so, in adapting , has managed to avoid extinction of a kind.The novelty aspect too has always been important to its survival.Traditional pantomime,in order to remain popular , had to keep up-to-date with events and new trends.In doing so,it remains one of the most popular forms of entertainment on the country.To be described as traditional, a pantomime needs to have a strong story line and include all the important elements of 'good' battling against 'evill', with the good guy always being the winner.Even today,the pantomime 'baddie' is always the first to come on stage from the dark side,followed by his competitor , the ' goodie' from the right side.Song and dance are also important to support the traditional plot, with influences from Italian comedy and characters performing various situations to delight audiences.There comic chases and situations have come to be known as 'Slapstick" comedy.This form of comedy takes its name from a device that was carried by a pantomime character and used as both a weapon when used, for example by the star comedian, in order to create a more theatrical effect when hitting fellow actors