through this barren, desolate wasteland. where was that? i think it was paisley. laughter it s a great quote by a wonderful panto performer, gerry kelly, who i worked with here 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
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
it s quite unusual to be a woman playing it i m one of very few allowed to. maybe in the past, women have been forced into being the more glamorous type, and my thing is it s not about whether you re a man or a woman, it is the type of performer you are. if you can break through to the audience, and say, i m about to make a fool of myself here. come with me. couldn t find a petrol station. we ended up wandering through this barren, desolate wasteland. where was that? 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.
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.