PATRICK MARMION: This is not a play that ends well for anyone. Great as it is, the conclusion is as shocking as the barbarous execution of its author. Do not expect winter cheer
Thought you’d seen every possible iteration of pantomime that British theatre has to offer? Well, you were myth-taken. If that pun made you groan – with delight – then Charles Court Opera’s boutique panto take on Homer is the one for you this Christmas. Yes, there’s an unmistakable whiff of the classics students’ jolly end-of-term skit, with some highbrow Hellenic humour, but that’s firmly balanced with pop culture gags, fart jokes, smutty innuendo and heavenly singing.