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Audience analysis shows that a significant number of North Americans book Palladium panto seats.
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025
Classical picks: Messiah, ‘Butterfly,’ Panto The Bay Area’s classical music community will be hitting plenty of high notes this week, with a range of works to enjoy: a British panto, a beloved oratorio, and one of the world’s great operas.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
But Tinsel Town is most effective when concentrating on Brad’s inevitable heartwarming transformation from arrogant movie star to gleeful member of the panto’s hardworking ensemble, and his newfound maturity in terms of being a loving father to his daughter.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025
Theater historian Walter James MacQueen-Pope, whose name alone weaves a pattern in Harris tweed, recalls being a kid and having the ultimate seasonal threat dangled overhead: behave, or no panto for you.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
In person, there’s a touch of Wilde to his wittiness and panto to his personality.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2024
Other teams did their own analyses, and things went back and forth with a panto-like tempo.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2011
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025
Classical picks: Messiah, ‘Butterfly,’ Panto The Bay Area’s classical music community will be hitting plenty of high notes this week, with a range of works to enjoy: a British panto, a beloved oratorio, and one of the world’s great operas.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
But Tinsel Town is most effective when concentrating on Brad’s inevitable heartwarming transformation from arrogant movie star to gleeful member of the panto’s hardworking ensemble, and his newfound maturity in terms of being a loving father to his daughter.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025
Theater historian Walter James MacQueen-Pope, whose name alone weaves a pattern in Harris tweed, recalls being a kid and having the ultimate seasonal threat dangled overhead: behave, or no panto for you.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
In person, there’s a touch of Wilde to his wittiness and panto to his personality.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2024
Other teams did their own analyses, and things went back and forth with a panto-like tempo.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2011
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“Panto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/panto. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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