there s hundreds of years of tradition in panto, from audience participation. those folks will believe everything, i tell you. oh, yes, they will! crowd: oh, no, they won t! oh, yes they will! ..to a host of stock characters. the panto dame is generally a man dressed as a woman, and that allowed men to come out and do really outrageous impersonations of women. 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?
now, with the festive season well under way, there s one british pastime that keeps the lights burning during those long winter nights and that s the christmas pa nto. cat moh has more. we re in glasgow, where scotland s premium pantomime dame is treading the boards in her 25th panto season. growling. oh, just quit that moaning, will you? it s basically a good night out, which is the most important thing or a good afternoon out full of laughs and joy, sort of hitched on to a traditional fairytale love story. it s usually kids first experience of theatre, so we are the sort of gateway, if you like.
in buenos aires in a few hours time ahead of an open top bus parade celebrating their world cup win. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show a centenary fit for a pharaoh. this is very exciting, because i ve been given permission to actually go down these steps to ground level and get a closer look. the christmas tradition that will scare the stockings off you. and why glaswegian panto crowds are not to be messed with. if the act on that stage was not good enough, believe me, they knew about it.
permission to actually go down these steps to ground level and get a closer look. the christmas tradition that will scare the stockings off you. and why glaswegian panto crowds are not to be messed with. if the act on that stage was not good enough, believe me, they knew about it. egypt s valley of the kings perhaps the most famous archaeological site
we re in glasgow, where scotland s premium pantomime dame is treading the boards in her 25th panto season. growling oh, just quit that moaning, will you? it s basically a good night out, which is the most important thing or a good afternoon out full of laughs and joy, sort of hitched on to a traditional fairytale love story. it s usually kids first experience of theatre, so we are the sort of gateway, if you like. there s hundreds of years of tradition in panto, from audience participation. those folks will believe everything, i tell you. oh, yes, they will! crowd: oh, no, they won t! oh, yes they will! ..to a host of stock characters. the panto dame is generally a man dressed as a woman, and that allowed men to come out and do really outrageous impersonations of women.