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Pantos (other)
Pantos may refer to: * Pantomimes, musical comedy stage productions, developed in England and mostly performed during Christmas and New Year season *American pantomimes, theatre entertainments, derived from the distinctly English entertainment genre * Pantos Logistics, a company based in South Korea People with the surname *Anastasios Pantos (born 1976), Greek footballer *Stamatis Pantos Stamatis Pantos ( el, Σταμάτης Πάντος; born March 22, 1990, in Limassol) is a Cypriot footballer currently playing for AEZ Zakakiou in the Cypriot Second Division. Career On 1 July 2019, AEZ Zakakiou Athletic Union of Zakaki ( ... (born 1990), Cypriot footballer See also * Panto (other) * {{Disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantomime
Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment. It was developed in England and is performed throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland and (to a lesser extent) in other English-speaking countries, especially during the Christmas and New Year season. Modern pantomime includes songs, gags, slapstick comedy and dancing. It employs gender-crossing actors and combines topical humour with a story more or less based on a well-known fairy tale, fable or folk tale.Reid-Walsh, Jacqueline. "Pantomime", ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature'', Jack Zipes (ed.), Oxford University Press (2006), Pantomime is a participatory form of theatre, in which the audience is encouraged and expected to sing along with certain parts of the music and shout out phrases to the performers. Pantomime has a long theatrical history in Western culture dating back to the era of classical theatre. It developed partly from the 16th century c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Pantomime
American pantomime, panto for short, refers to works of theatrical entertainment that have been presented in the United States of America since 1876. The works are derived from the entertainment genre of pantomime that developed in England, presented either as they are in Britain or adapted for the American stage and tailored to American audiences. Pantomime in America, as in England, is usually performed at Christmas time. The entertainments, aimed at families, are based on nursery stories and fairy tales, and they incorporate songs (traditional, popular and new), slapstick comedy, often topical jokes, magic, some cross-dressing, local references, audience participation, and mild adult innuendo. Like the British productions, American pantomimes incorporate audience participation. Earlier productions often also included a harlequinade. Although pantomime was not frequently produced in the US during the 20th century and is not well known in America, productions of pantomime, bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
