pantomime

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

Typical breaks include traditional seaside destinations including Cleethorpes, Filey, and Butlins in Skegness, as well as an annual festive trip to the Lyceum Theatre for the Christmas pantomime.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Richarlison, the pantomime villain, had the last word as he, above all, answered Tudor's call to fight.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

Division and narration are two ends of a pantomime horse.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Kingsley pantomimes resisting repeated entreaties amid the cacophony.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

Traditional pantomimes are normally tales rooted in fairy tales, folklore, and nursery stories, with settings usually imaginary kingdoms, medieval forests or rural villages.

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

She also did her fair share of pantomimes before her musical theatre career kicked off with a part alongside Paul O'Grady in Prisoner Cell Block H: The Musical.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 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

The first prospect pantomimed pushing a bar away from his chest until his arms looked “locked out,” as if they couldn’t extend further.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2022

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

“How do you cast on yarn ?” The girl pantomimed her method with her large hands.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

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

After the Heat called a timeout, a courtside fan near the Celtics’ bench could be seen pantomiming fanning White on the sideline.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024

She pressed her hands against her own head and moved them outward, pantomiming an explosion.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix