- "Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment."
The art of communicating through gestures, facial expressions, and body language without the use of words.
- "It was developed in England and is performed throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland and (to a lesser extent) in other English-speaking countries."
- "Especially during the Christmas and New Year season."
- "Modern pantomime includes songs, gags, slapstick comedy and dancing."
- "It generally combines gender-crossing actors and topical humor with a story more or less based on a well-known fairy tale, fable or folk tale."
- "Pantomime is a participatory form of theatre, in which the audience is encouraged and expected to sing along with certain parts of the music and shout out phrases to the performers."
- "Pantomime has a long theatrical history in Western culture dating back to the era of classical theatre."
- "It developed partly from the 16th-century commedia dell'arte tradition of Italy and other European and British stage traditions."
- "An important part of the pantomime, until the late 19th century, was the harlequinade."
- "Outside Britain, the word 'pantomime' is often understood to mean miming, rather than the theatrical form described here."
- "Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment."
- "It was developed in England and is performed throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland and (to a lesser extent) in other English-speaking countries."
- "Especially during the Christmas and New Year season."
- "Modern pantomime includes songs, gags, slapstick comedy, and dancing."
- "It generally combines gender-crossing actors and topical humor with a story more or less based on a well-known fairy tale, fable or folk tale."
- "Pantomime is a participatory form of theatre, in which the audience is encouraged and expected to sing along with certain parts of the music and shout out phrases to the performers."
- "Pantomime has a long theatrical history in Western culture dating back to the era of classical theatre."
- "It developed partly from the 16th-century commedia dell'arte tradition of Italy and other European and British stage traditions."
- "An important part of the pantomime, until the late 19th century, was the harlequinade."
- "Outside Britain, the word 'pantomime' is often understood to mean miming, rather than the theatrical form described here."