One of the personal highlights of my career was bringing the French Film Gardé a Vue (Under Suspicion) to life with the incredibly gifted Gene Hackman. And of course... Unforgiven. Rest in peace, my friend.

Television personality Rylan and actors Ben Goffe and Anthony Spargo are among the nominees for the Pantomime Awards 2025, who have been whittled down from 496 performances at 216 venues across the 2024-25 season. 👉thestage.co.uk/news/pantomime…

For everyone who says they can't get up to see me in Christmas panto, this is 2 min walk from an Elizabeth line station (Romford). 6 family shows & 2 adult. I'm the writer & dame. Would be lovely to see you there at Easter! brooksidetheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/sh…

"Essex favourite adult panto" is back at the Brookside Theatre... oh yes, it is! - mailchi.mp/brooksidetheat…

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Laughs, music and oodles of pantomime fun this Easter with - mailchi.mp/brooksidetheat…

First Easter Panto of the short season. Beauty and the Beast #brookside #beauty penned by the very talented David Phipps-Davis Loved the songsheet and the choice of music. Must be well over 5 years since I last visited Brookside. I won't leave it so long this time.

How Zelensky's meeting with Trump at the Pope's funeral ended.

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Charles Strouse (1928-2025) #charlesstrouse

Happy 1st of June aka Leslie Uggams Day to all who celebrate!

Are the lyrics landing? Well… we wouldn’t know. (If you’ve seen the current production, you know exactly what we mean.) #EvitaWestEnd #BalconyBelting #PattiLuPone #LetTheLyricsLand

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Sleeping Beauty panto cast revealed! 🤩 Read all about it: gatehousetheatre.co.uk/panto-cast-rev… David Phipps-Davis Samantha Spragg 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Imagine Theatre Express & Star Staffs Newsletter Vibe 1 - Made In Mid Staffordshire WCR FM - Local Radio for Wolverhampton BBC Stoke & Staffordshire Leigh Ingham MP Stafford BC Staffordshire County Council Staffordshire Libraries StokeonTrentLive

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Thora Hird's performance in Alan Bennett's Talking Heads is always singled out, and quite right too. But Patricia Routledge's performance as Irene Ruddock in A Lady of Letters breaks your heart. I've never forgotten this scene. Patricia was an incredible dramatic actress.

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Which element do you think is most important for a local panto?; thepantoblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/resear…

Delighted to say that the site is up and running again, and celebrating Nigel's legacy and 25 years of the website. We are so grateful to Crossroads Pantomimes for their continued support its-behind-you.com