samantha womack panto

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, starring Gareth Thomas and Samantha Womack, is in the middle of a 62-show run - …

I really enjoyed seeing this again on ITV2 this Christmas, full of fun and inspired casting- possibly not the best piece of TV ever but great fun- Sam Womak is fab as cinders, showing off her great singing voice, whilst Alexander Armstrong and Frank Skinner offer great support, plus with Paul Merton and Ronnie Corbett we get two dames for the price of one.

You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. It’s an art form that has been going for hundreds of years, and Cardiff’s a great place for panto. He’s hardly had a Christmas off in the past 27 years thanks to panto.And in the past six years he’s moved from inhabiting the Buttons-type characters to being one of the best-loved dames in panto-land.He says: “I love it.

As he draws on exaggerated lips with lip-liner from his collection of make-up bought for him by his wife, Mike continues: “If you don’t get it and don’t know how to perform panto, the kids will find you out. “For them it’s their first experience of theatre.”Christine - who in her time at the theatre has doubled for June Whitfield, shared a lunch table with “Some of them have never been to a panto but they know exactly what they have to do - shouting ‘he’s behind you’ and ‘oh no he’s not’. Everyone knows everyone and we are usually just one person away from someone we work with.“The last time I worked with Mike (Doyle), he brought his son into the show, who was young at the time. It does, and always has done, throw you into a world of surprising contradictions and heartwarming revelations.Gareth says: “For me, starting to do panto was the realisation of exactly what it is and what it means to people. "There’s also the timing - we know it’s an hour first half and 45 mins second half, so one day it can’t be hour and 20 mins because we were having a laugh or run over {in time} the second half with all the buses waiting outside. But the formality isn’t overwhelming and it’s comfortable and I love it for that,” says Grant.“The one thing I have learnt in my time here is that people care for it in a deep, deep way. With Frank Skinner, Samantha Womack, Siân Phillips, Ronnie Corbett. Eastenders - Samantha Womack to star in panto. You can unsubscribe at any time. With pantomime posters & listings dating back to the 1800s and the most complete and up to date guide to the upcoming panto season. It’s very cleverly put together, it’s a real art form.”Perfecting panto means you have to get the audience on board, he says, and the scream that goes up when Mike, aka Betty, first ventures onto the stage is rewarding for everyone backstage. I’ve got a wadge that thick of thank you letters and cards from children that come,” she adds, indicating with her thumb and forefinger. They seem to come from everywhere – like that scene in Arachnophobia when the spiders overrun the house from every possible direction.Being on the side of the stage was even more nerve-wracking. Behind the scenes of one of Wales' biggest pantos. For long-time pro, Mike, it’s more about the practical home comforts dotted around between his eight costume changes and huge candy-coloured wigs.“It becomes your home - everything I have at home I have here, two toothbrushes, two razors, two of everything,” he tells me. Samantha Womack is coming to New Wimbledon Theatre this winter as the Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella.

And it’s not just them – it’s the lighting, the music, the crew, with the company manager watching over us like God from above. Made for TV stage comical production of the classic tale, Cinderella. Now his son’s stage manager here.”And so it comes full circle... just like with the audience members who return with their children and grandchildren, year after year, booking the same seats on the same days.Snow White, played by Stephanie Webber, walks to the stageWhen you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. All written by Simon Nye , they included an array of celebrities playing the lead roles. It’s a well oiled machine.”Putting a 6ft 3in former Welsh rugby captain into a black, studded, henchman’s costume almost sums up the beauty of panto. I think with panto, you either love it or you hate it. It was dark and chock-a-block with sets, electrical equipment, dancers stretching out, props - and me desperately trying to stay out of everyone’s way.Peeping out from behind the curtain I could see only a small section of the audience, eager and willing the show to start.Earlier in the day I’d been the other side of the curtains listening to the cast do their vocal warm-ups while the theatre was empty and dark.

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The ITV Panto is a series of televised pantomimes originally broadcast on ITV in 1998, 2000, and 2002, and have regularly seen Re-runs in the years since.

Relive the funniest moments that happened before the opening credits of "Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? KBambi Posts: 3,411. Ourexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. Made for TV stage comical production of the classic tale, Cinderella.

People say ‘it’s panto, it’s easy, you can make it up as you go along’ – imagine if that was the case?” he remarks. 1 of 1 people found this review helpful. Made for TV stage comical production of the classic tale, Cinderella.Talking about Cinderella, who is sweeping in the background Now the panto was in full swing and that auditorium was a blast of colour and noise and enjoyment.Someone who helps create that magic for the children, and has done every year for the past 25 years, is Christine Blackler, New Theatre’s group sales co-ordinator.Christine has booked in groups and parties for quarter of a century and has a pile of ‘thank yous’ and an even bigger treasure chest of panto memories.“I’ve never got a letter of complaint,” states Christine proudly. Directed by Liddy Oldroyd. The best thing is when you create a joke out of nothing and that joke happens every show and people will think that only happened in their show. Well, there wasn’t a lot I could do about the air con.