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Barbican Theatre, London - 05 December 2006
1. Wide of Barbican theatre and audience
2. Fairy god mother character speaking to the theatre audience during pantomime performance of 'Dick Whittington' UPSOUND (English):
"Help me friends you mortals come to see a pantomime."
Piccadilly Theatre, London -23 November 2006
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kevin Wood, Theatre Producer:
"It's a traditional form of British theatre that happens every year at Christmas time. Its evolved. Its several hundreds years old and its evolved into a wonderful mix of modern comedy and singing they are like musicals but they are topical. They are based on the old stories. There is only about seven or eight titles. Familiar titles include 'Cinderella', 'Aladdin', 'Dick Whittington' but we have also added in recent years 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Sleeping Beauty."
Barbican Theatre, London - 05 December 2006
Pantomime performance of 'Dick Whittington'
4. Mid of pantomime dame (hero's mother) on stage, UPSOUND (English):
"Before you ask I have always been a thing of beauty"
5. Wide of actors dancing
Piccadilly Theatre London -23 November 2006
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Kevin Wood, Theatre Producer:
" Well its part of our Christmas celebrations it's as much part of Christmas as decorating a tree or sitting round for dinner on Christmas day. Part of Christmas is going to the pantomime. Families go altogether because the shows appeal to all ages. Little children come right up to grand parents and great grand parents."
Barbican Theatre, London - 05 December 2006
Pantomime performance of 'Dick Whittington'
7. Close of children sitting in the theatre
8. Women reading Dick Whittington theatre programme
9. Wide of crowd cheering and clapping
10. Actor playing pantomime character Jack emerging from a barrel, UPSOUND (English):
"Hello everybody I am Jack, what are your names?"
11. Wide of theatre
Richmond Theatre, London - 29 November 2006
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Roger Foss, British theatre and pantomime critic:
"It works almost naturally. It works almost as though its been implanted in the DNA of English folk if you like. Its there its almost natural that kids will join in. So what you have for example is that you have the villain. You always have a villain in a pantomime its all about good verses evil. So when you have a villain the first thing the villain does is to come on and what do the kids do, they start booing."
Barbican Theatre, London - 05 December 2006
Pantomime performance of 'Dick Whittington'
13. Pantomime villain, theatre audience booing, UPSOUND (English):
"And I will destroy you all. Yes you, you boys and girls."
14. Pantomime dame (character played by a male actor)
15. Wide of pantomime actors
Piccadilly Theatre London -23 November 2006
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Kevin Wood, Theatre Producer:
"We do put the show together really quickly. Like we only rehearse for two weeks then the shows go on. But the shows are light and frothy and they change they evolve. Part of the shows are improvised not all the of the show is scripted, some of it just happens differently everyday. So you will often get members of the audience coming more than once because they never see the same show twice."
Barbican Theatre, Barbican Theatre, London - 05 December 2006
Pantomime performance of "Dick Whittington
17. Close of pantomime (principle) characters Dick Whittington and cat,
18. Pantomime characters Dick Whittington (character played by a female), UPSOUND (English):
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