i think it was paisley. laughter. it s a great quote by a wonderful panto performer, gerry kelly, who i worked here with many times, pantomime is a celebration of local culture . we have set this on clydeside, which is obviously in glasgow, but making it local, having all the references in it and making it of the place that generally the audience are from. it is a big business across the uk. pre pandemic theatres sold around 3 million panto tickets a year, and glasgow has a special affection for it. among the dozens of venues staging a production is this wee treasure, hidden above an amusement arcade. you are in the britannia panopticon music hall. it s the oldest original surviving music hall in the world. music halls are basically places where the working
laughter. it s a great quote by a wonderful panto performer, gerry kelly, who i worked here with many times, pantomime is a celebration of local culture . we have set this on clydeside, which is obviously in glasgow, but making it local, having all the references in itand making it of the place that generally the audience are from. it is a big business across the uk. pre pandemic theatres sold around 3 million panto tickets a year, and glasgow has a special affection for it. among the dozens of venues staging a production is this wee treasure, hidden above an amusement arcade. you are in the britannia panopticon music hall, it s the oldest original surviving music hall
it is a big business across the uk. pre pandemic theatres sold around 3 million panto tickets a year, and glasgow has a special affection for it. among the dozens of venues staging a production is this wee treasure, hidden above an amusement arcade. you are in the britannia panopticon music hall. it s the oldest original surviving music hall in the world. music halls are basically places where the working classes used to go when they finished their working day, to be entertained by dancers, singers, novelty acts, contortionists, high wire acts you name it. you know, music halls were one of the places where you would see a pantomime. pantomime was the only sort of theatre that was like variety all in the one production. glasgow has a long standing theatre tradition. a recent poll found it was one of the british cities
a special affection for it. among the dozens of venues staging a production is this wee treasure, hidden above an amusement arcade. you are in the britannia panopticon music hall. it s the oldest original surviving music hall in the world. music halls are basically places where the working classes used to go when they finished their working day, to be entertained by dancers, singers, novelty acts, contortionists, high wire acts you name it. you know, music halls were one of the places where you would see a pantomime. pantomime was the only sort of theatre that was like variety all in the one production. glasgow has a long standing theatre tradition. a recent poll found it was one of the british cities with the most theatres outside london. and back when the panopticon opened in the 1850s,
pantomime is a celebration of local culture. we ve set this in clydeside, which is, you know, obviously glasgow, but making it local, having all those references in it and making it of the place that generally the audience are from. it s a big business across the uk. pre pandemic, theatres sold around 3 million panto tickets a year. and glasgow has a special affection for it. among the dozens of venues staging a production is this wee treasure hidden above an amusement arcade. you re in the britannia panopticon music hall. it s the oldest surviving original music hall in the world. music halls were basically places where the working classes used to go when they finish their working day to be entertained by dancers, singers, novelty acts, contortionists, high wire acts, you name it.