pantomime
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And now, it’s coming after the pantomime chuggers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Christopher Luscombe’s production of “The Magic Flute” wittily transformed Mozart’s Singspiel into a British pantomime, a closely related theatrical tradition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
"We started with Michael Boyd at the Tron pantomime and we wanted to get the essence of that postmodern, Scottish music hall culture and put it on a big stage," he says.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
And the 5ft 9in southpaw said she is ready to draw on the experience of being the pantomime villain.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
They had in fact seen a matinee pantomime at the London Palladium during which Lola had spilled a strawberry drink down her frock, and Liberty’s was right across the street.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Kingsley pantomimes resisting repeated entreaties amid the cacophony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
The BBC contacted every theatre in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire to get a snapshot on the impact of pantomimes and found:
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
While pantomimes often feature big names and familiar faces, it is less common for a politician to get involved – but not unheard of.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
His characters may be confined by their circumstances but their imaginations are set free in theatrical games, pantomimes and nostalgic reveries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
He pantomimes the action with both hands, grunting to animate it further.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
First, there’s a pantomimed back story: During the overture, actors depicting the lovers as young teens flirt and are discouraged by adults.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Reporters tried at least four more times to get Sanders to answer similar questions, eliciting only a similar pantomimed response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
Meyers, hearing her teammate talk that talk, snapped her fingers and pantomimed a mic drop.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2023
One of the pub’s patron’s, George Parrin, 77, pantomimed a heart attack when the voices soared.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
He pantomimed a key turning in a lock, which meant she was back in jail.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Mohammad Javad Zarif, who was then Iran’s foreign minister, would sometimes retreat to the back of the room during the nuclear talks and put his head in his hands, pantomiming despair.
From Slate ● May 1, 2026
You may find yourself pantomiming with one of your feet to your children in the persona of “Mr. Stinkyfoot,” a somewhat boorish Frenchman who espouses the importance of cleanliness and the needs for a bath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
“I just, you know, I get the routing,” he said, pantomiming looking at a check, “and then I see the number and I go, ‘I’ll go.’”
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2025
“I’m snitching,” he said, before pantomiming a conversation with a co-defendant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
They then gestured back to the other Cypress Bay fans, like they were pantomiming, See?
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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