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Last I checked, pantomimes show no sign of becoming unpopular in Britain :-)
by TheManInThePub 5y ago
Last I checked, pantomimes show no sign of becoming unpopular in Britain :-)
- alimw 5y agoYou got me looking for pantomime statistics in recent years :) Perhaps they're hard to find or perhaps I didn't try very hard, but the best I could come up with was this from 2013: > Terri Paddock, Managing and Editorial Director of WhatsOnStage, commented: "In general, we're seeing fewer pantomimes mounted in recent years. As of today, we're listing 125 pantomimes in our nationwide database for this Christmas as compared with a peak in 1996 of 244. https://www.whatsonstage.com/england-theatre/news/panto-stats-what-are-the-most-popular-shows-this-y_32352.html https://www.whatsonstage.com/england-theatre/news/panto-stat...
- iso1631 5y agoMy kid's primary school takes them every year (covid excepted) to a panto, and we as a family go to our local am-dram panto. Annecdotaly that village panto has half a dozen shows and is always packed. The former is a professional show - although 125 just for professional seems low given that I know of at least 3 professional pantos within 10 miles of my house which covers a population of about 100k population Professional UK panto income increased 30% from 2012 to 2016 with about 3 million people watching a professional one each year - about 1 in 20 people. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://www.thestage.co.uk/long-reads/cinders-and-co-save-the-day--how-pantomime-keeps-theatre-afloat https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:...