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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

As well as the pantomime Aladdie at Cumbernauld Theatre, Forbes Masson also has plans for a number of new productions, which, like The High Life: The Musical, will be homegrown and for a Scottish audience.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

“Then, when it rushes over to put it out ” She made a pantomime with both hands of something falling.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

She pantomimes gardening gestures at me and taps her index finger on an imaginary watch.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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

Jim Harbaugh stood in a back hallway at Chargers headquarters and pantomimed the ideal way to toss a football, a throwback to his days as a first-round pick and 14-year career as an NFL quarterback.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

Meyers, hearing her teammate talk that talk, snapped her fingers and pantomimed a mic drop.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2023

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

She crept behind Mum Olga and pantomimed dumping a pail of water over her head.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

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

Anatole peers from side to side, pantomiming Portuguese astonishment.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver