Beauty and the Beast | Marlowe Theatre Canterbury | Review

Beauty and the Beast Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury This was my fourth consecutive trip to Canterbury to see the ‘world-famous’ Marlowe Theatre pantomime. It’s been an incredible 27 years since Beauty and the Beast was the subject and it was in Read More …

The Last Laugh | The Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden | Review

The Last Laugh The Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden This brand-new play imagines three of Britain’s all-time greatest comedy heroes – Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse – sitting in a dressing room, discussing the secret of life, death, comedy Read More …

Aladdin | Marlowe Theatre Canterbury | Review

Aladdin Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury The story of Aladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale associated with The Arabian Nights, despite not being part of the original text. Aladdin is an impoverished young local lad, living on the Sturry Road in Read More …

Sleeping Beauty | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury | Review

Sleeping Beauty Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury until Sunday 8 January 2023 First, an admission. Sleeping Beauty is not my favourite pantomime story. However, I have seen several Evolution pantos and if any company can flourish with the paper thin plot involving Read More …

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells | Review

Snow White and the Seven DwarfsAssembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells Fri 17 Dec — Mon 3 Jan 22 My second Evolution pantomime of the year was at the Assembly Hall Theatre in Tunbridge Wells. The first had been one of the best Read More …

Jack and the Beanstalk | Marlow Theatre Canterbury | Review

Jack and the BeanstalkMarlowe Theatre, Canterbury Friday 26th November I’ve seen a lot of pantomimes over the years and in my opinion no other company comes close to Evolution Productions when it comes to consistency, outstanding production values, hilarious scripts, Read More …

Evolution Pantos come to Tunbridge Wells

The Assembly Hall Theatre in Tunbridge Wells has announced an exciting new partnership with award winning pantomime producer Evolution Productions, winner of Pantomime of The Year (2016/17 and 2017/18, Great British Pantomime Awards). Theatre South East has been a fan Read More …

A host of stars visit The Hawth Crawley for this years panto launch.

Peter Pan flies into The Hawth Theatre, Crawley this Christmas. Following their previous recent successes of Sleeping Beauty and Jack and the Beanstalk at the Hawth, Evolution Pantomimes have assembled a top cast with years of pantomime experience between them Read More …

Pantoinsider |Daniel Dawson | Interview

This season I have been very lucky to see 3 pantomimes but that is a very small number compared to Daniel Dawson who has clocked up over 30 pantomimes this Christmas for his pantomime blog www.pantoinsider.com. I caught up with Read More …

Jack and the Beanstalk | The Hawth Crawley | Review

Jack and the Beanstalk | The Hawth Crawley   There are many ingredients that make up a perfect pantomime; an unlikely hero, a beautiful Princess, an evil baddie that we love to hate and a bloke in a frock, just Read More …