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Thursday, November 23, 2023
Sleeping With Beauty brings an irreverent take to a British holiday tradition
Chicago Reader: There likely aren’t many Americans familiar with the UK’s pantomime (often shortened to panto) musical comedy tradition, but PrideArts in Uptown is aiming to change that—at least for Chicago audiences.
2 comments:
E Carleton
said...
I have heard the term pantomime used for years and I had no idea what it really meant! I also had no idea how wildly popular and common this is in the UK. I think this time of year all American audiences expect for holiday shows are the Nutcracker at every corner and A Christmas Carol at every block. It’s a really fun concept to have these base scripts that are available to any theatre company who can rewrite and adapt it as they see fit. I also love that it is a jukebox musical where the producers get to pick the songs. Especially this time of year, everyone is stressed and family gatherings can be overwhelming, but this seems like the perfect event to go to with friends as a discretion to the chaos and go out for drinks after (since it is after all, Princess A’Whora’s twenty first birthday).
First of all my new favorite princess is Princes Awhora’ lol. This actually made me giggle out loud and I really love this tradition/idea of making parodies of fairytales or children's stories. It sounds very fun and Honestly, sometimes you just need theater that gives you a laugh I think this is an excellent way to have a fun and hilarious time at the holidays with the family without getting Christmas shoved down your throat every five steps that you take. It's really interesting that that big of a tradition/business in the UK didn't make it over to the US because I feel like we share a lot of the same media and pop culture. I also like the idea of a holiday tradition that isn’t really religious centered, because a lot of choir concerts and other holiday activities have religion tied in with the holiday and its refreshing to see a fun and entertaining holiday tradition.
2 comments:
I have heard the term pantomime used for years and I had no idea what it really meant! I also had no idea how wildly popular and common this is in the UK. I think this time of year all American audiences expect for holiday shows are the Nutcracker at every corner and A Christmas Carol at every block. It’s a really fun concept to have these base scripts that are available to any theatre company who can rewrite and adapt it as they see fit. I also love that it is a jukebox musical where the producers get to pick the songs. Especially this time of year, everyone is stressed and family gatherings can be overwhelming, but this seems like the perfect event to go to with friends as a discretion to the chaos and go out for drinks after (since it is after all, Princess A’Whora’s twenty first birthday).
First of all my new favorite princess is Princes Awhora’ lol. This actually made me giggle out loud and I really love this tradition/idea of making parodies of fairytales or children's stories. It sounds very fun and Honestly, sometimes you just need theater that gives you a laugh I think this is an excellent way to have a fun and hilarious time at the holidays with the family without getting Christmas shoved down your throat every five steps that you take. It's really interesting that that big of a tradition/business in the UK didn't make it over to the US because I feel like we share a lot of the same media and pop culture. I also like the idea of a holiday tradition that isn’t really religious centered, because a lot of choir concerts and other holiday activities have religion tied in with the holiday and its refreshing to see a fun and entertaining holiday tradition.
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