pantomime

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

Argentina are so often painted as the pantomime villains of international football - particularly by England fans.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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

Fitzpatrick was welcomed by pantomime boos from the partisan fans who were predictably rooting for their man.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

Ignatius watched her speak to the bartender in pantomime.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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

In pantomimes, the audience boos the villain and cheers the hero; in parliament, political leaders are cast in these roles with MPs jeering.

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 each activity like some sort of deranged mime, and I can’t stop laughing.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

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

In just a few rehearsed gestures — a finger point, a pantomimed bat swing — Dastmalchian clues us in that he’s playing a shell hollowed out by ambition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

When he’s off even a fraction, the fun begins in full: wayward missiles; exasperated glares; pantomimed swings; chats with himself, his clubs, his caddie — and perhaps even with apparitions only he can see.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022

Gone are the white gloves and the pantomimed motions of slaves at work as Jefferson arrives at Monticello; now some members of the ensemble stand at a distance, and don’t even join in the singing.

From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2021

Owen turned to George with big eyes and pantomimed chewing and clawing, and George immediately understood.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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

Serve her right, I thought, pantomiming like that.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman