The Stage

‘Cut the story down to its bare bones, then pump it full of jokes’: how to write a hit pantomime

Holly Williams is a freelance journalist and theatre critic. Her novels The Start of Something and What Time is Love? are published by Orion I went to see Aladdin at Blackpool when I was three, and I ...
The Stage

‘Cut the story down to its bare bones, then pump it full of jokes’: how to write a hit pantomime

I went to see Aladdin at Blackpool when I was three, and I was so scared of Abanazar I was clutching my friend’s mum’s arm till I broke the skin… but I also loved it so much that there are home videos ...