Dowden given deadline for 2020 Panto Cancellation
Britain’s most prolific panto producer QDOS has told Oliver Dowden that there must be “clarity and guidance” or the 2020 Panto season will be lost.
Britain’s most prolific panto producer QDOS has told Oliver Dowden that there must be “clarity and guidance” or the 2020 Panto season will be lost.
For the first time in nearly three decades Pantomime will return to the London Palladium. This Christmas will see a magical production of the classic rags-to-riches tale Cinderella in a larger-than-life production being especially produced for the Palladium stage. The London Palladium was synonymous with lavish annual pantomimes from 1948-1987, and attracted some of the biggest stars of the day, including Julie Andrews, Sir Cliff Richard, Peter Sellers, Cilla Black and Ronnie Corbett, but the festive cornerstone has been absent for almost thirty festive seasons. The last panto to grace the London venue was Babes in the Wood which starred such television deities as Dame Barbara Windsor, Cannon & Ball and Rod Hull and Emu. Cinderella is being produced by Qdos Entertainment. Their Chairman Nick Thomas said: “Given the rich history of the London Palladium, where galaxies of top entertainers have appeared in traditional family pantomime, Qdos Entertainment is greatly … Read more