Tag archives for Pantomime
Record attendance figures announced for Jack and the Beanstalk panto at Birmingham Hippodrome
Staff Reporter
January 26, 2024
Birmingham Hippodrome has announced record attendance figures for this year’s pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk, with 120,000 people having seen the show during its six-week run in the city. The…
IN PICTURES: Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime at Birmingham Hippodrome
Staff Reporter
December 22, 2023
Birmingham Hippodrome has begun its six-week run of this year’s pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk. Featuring sets and costumes from The London Palladium, and bundle-loads of laughter, the UK’s biggest regional panto…
REVIEW: Dick Whittington – Las Vegas style panto in Birmingham
Rangzeb Hussain
December 20, 2022
One of the most spectacular pantos in the country is now hypnotising audiences in Birmingham. A richly detailed and thrilling production of Dick Whittington is playing at The Birmingham Hippodrome…
REVIEW: Jack and the Magic Beanstalk – children’s show touches on poverty and hope
Rangzeb Hussain
December 10, 2022
A brand new family show – touching upon poverty, homelessness and the plight of migrants - comes to Birmingham to sprinkle fairytale magic and hope during the festive season. Jack…
INTERVIEW: From Hollywood to Birmingham stage, a chat with Dallas soap star Patrick Duffy
Rangzeb Hussain
April 22, 2022
Legendary 1980's soap opera star Patrick Duffy of Dallas fame is coming to Birmingham to star in exciting mystery thriller Catch Me If You Can at The Alexandra theatre on…
Panto Dame joins Bullring Bull in glad rags ahead of festive period
Staff Reporter
December 22, 2019
This week, Panto dame Andrew Ryan took a break from the final week of rehearsals for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to visit the Birmingham Bullring’s world-famous bull statue.…
FIRST LOOK: Cast of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in costume for first time!
Staff Reporter
December 20, 2019
Ahead of their opening performance tomorrow (Saturday 21 December), the cast of the fairest panto in the land gathered on stage for a first look at the dazzling costumes and…
Panto stars get to grips with celeb chef Glynn Purnell’s eggs
Staff Reporter
January 10, 2018
Yummy Brummy celebrity chef Glynn Purnell was armed with his eggs, and he wasn't 'yolking' around when it came to handing them to Beverley Knight, Suzanne Shaw and Matt Slack,…
COMPETITION: Win tickets to ‘Cinderella’ panto at the Hippodrome
thisisbirmingham
December 2, 2011
With Cinderella opening at Birmingham Hippodrome in just over a fortnight on Saturday 17th December - promising audiences a spectacular start to the festive season with breathtaking special effects, stunning costumes and great family…
Panto time already? Oh yes it is!
thisisbirmingham
June 22, 2011
If there's anything as predicatble as the title of this article, it's that there will be without fail, every year at the Birmingham Hippodrome, the staging of the country's biggest…