How To Use Pantomime In A Sentence

At the bottom were the Théâtre de la Gaieté for pantomimes and harlequinades, the Porte-Saint-Martin Theatre for melodramas, and the Théâtre des Variétés for ‘little plays of the bawdy, vulgar or rustic genres'.
So the second half was a pantomime, all fun and frolics and not very serious at all. Times, Sunday Times
With a penetrable fourth wall, a spot of audience participation and plenty of gleeful nonsense, this is pantomime in all but dame.
Calne Players will be bringing all the fun and laughter of a pantomime to the town next week with their performance of Cinderella.
He pantomimed the machine squirting and snatching at his clothes. GuildWars Edge of Destiny

You sing along, making sure to pantomime your heart breaking.
A scholarly edition of the Obi pantomime is forthcoming from Romantic Circles, edited by Jeffrey N. Cox. About this Volume
Scores of wannabees thronged to the auditions for the York Theatre Royal pantomime, Babes In The Wood.
I've seen scarier pantomime horses. The Sun
The youthful energy and innovation have gone, and his choice of sport is problematic because wrestling is already a theatrical pantomime.
Cabaret songs were not the only type of entertainment they were treated to; pantomimes, monologues, and even shadow plays augmented the presentations.
Welcome to the madhouse that is the build-up to the opening night of a pantomime.
As the final whistle blew on a 3-3 draw that featured the sending-off of pantomime villain Sinisa Mihajlovic, I turned to him and said: "Bloody hell, that was quite a game. The Auteur proves his value in offhand dismissals of class acts | Harry Pearson
But actually he isn't a pantomime baddie. Times, Sunday Times
He opened his mouth and pantomimed sticking his finger down his throat, and then gagging.
She was in pantomime at the time, and she managed to get glitter in her eye. Times, Sunday Times
But it was all a salutary reminder of what a fantastic ethos pantomime has. Times, Sunday Times
Cameron's posing on a podium on Friday, inviting Lib Dems to join his Tory revolution, was an appropriate piece of pantomime to end Parliament's last full week before Christmas.
Men will no longer be allowed to dress up as women to play pantomime dames? Times, Sunday Times
Now we have to go through the whole pantomime again some time this year. The Sun
The vast majority of this movie is told in near pantomime: gestures, facial expressions, and stage direction.
A spokesman for the theatre said: 'People will be coming to see a pantomime. Times, Sunday Times
PMQs was like a pantomime horse in that it began and ended with a question about you know what. Times, Sunday Times
Despite the company's effortlessly dramatic and often vivid characterizations under the astute direction of Mr. Ratmansky—not least the riveting yet often subtle portrayal by Diana Vishneva as the title figure—this "Anna Karenina" lacks the musical, motor energy to suggest depth beneath the pantomimed surface. Forgoing the Classics, but Still Nothing New
On stage he has played character roles in farces, pantomime, comedies and serious drama.
This annual pantomime has turned into farce. Times, Sunday Times
He wore a black cloak, like a pantomime villain.
His syncopated, rapid-fire freestyle flickers between abstract movements and pantomime, but he never loses the beat.
One idea of his now was to create a _feerie_, or sort of pantomime, sparkling throughout with wit. Balzac
And now he thinks playing the pantomime villain will help him in the long term. The Sun
When Christmas came along these theatres presented spectacular pantomimes with massive stars, whether of the theatre, the films, or in later years, television.
On stage he has played character roles in farces, pantomime, comedies and serious drama.
Punch at this time was a bitter critic of the methods of recruiting, and his anti-militaristic zeal reached a climax in a protest against the advertisements used at Birmingham and elsewhere, in which he calls the recruiting sergeant "the clown in the bloody pantomime of glory. Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857
They take up residence at the Pavilion Theatre for the annual pantomime of silly jokes and bad wigs in an all new, up-to-date production of Jack and the Beanstalk.
He also continued to act in theatre and commanded star billing in pantomime. Times, Sunday Times
I say pantomime because it isn't even lip-synching.
If you haven't taken your annual dose of pantomime yet, the new year still offers some opportunities. Times, Sunday Times
She performed a pantomime of having swallowed an insect.
During its long existence Pantomime has witnessed other panto impresarios, such as Augustus Harris, ‘Father of modern Pantomime’ at the Drury Lane Theatre in the 1870's.
It's got to be pantomime time. Times, Sunday Times
She was in pantomime at the time, and she managed to get glitter in her eye. Times, Sunday Times
He's so good at playing the pantomime villain we're only doing what he does but taking it a couple of steps further. Times, Sunday Times
Is the life of a pantomime dame all slapstick, panstick and lipstick?
So the second half was a pantomime, all fun and frolics and not very serious at all. Times, Sunday Times
In portraying vivid dramatic characters, realistic pantomime plays as important a role as the dance.
The dame, usually a man dressed as a woman and always the funniest character in any pantomime, harks back to ancient days when the mid-winter celebration was a topsy-turvy affair with lots of blowsy humour and surprises.
Please come and support the cast of over fifty who has worked hard over the past months to stage this very entertaining Pantomime.
The awful prospect for purists is that Olympic year may become a pantomime duel between the two. Times, Sunday Times
I've seen scarier pantomime horses. The Sun
It will be the first time in the Swindon theatre's history that J M Barrie's ageless classic has been performed as a pantomime.
Since becoming captain after the pantomime of last winter he has brought a phlegmatic, laidback approach to the job. The Sun
This time the pantomime villain seems content to accept his role with good grace. Times, Sunday Times
First, there is the expressive pantomime of every one of the eighteen cabmen on the stand, the moment you raise your eyes from the ground. Sketches by Boz
The time is long overdue for them to end this pantomime. Times, Sunday Times
Then, finally, and against the frantic negative pantomime of his manager, a scherzo, played so lacily that it swept the house in lightest laughter. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It
Simon glances at him, sees the hood, shrugs, then pantomimes the drill, pointing down at the ice, finger going in circles.
Following a run of five pantomimes at that time, Austin Flood, who had played the dame in those shows, went off to join the army, and Joe then teamed up with Tom Palmer.
The room is now illuminated only by the television that paints its own confused pantomime on the walls.
A production that exudes class from the cast to the slick set changes, Cinderella is this year's thinking kid's pantomime.
The giant maize maze has been harvested to make way for activities that will include fairground rides, a scary pantomime and a haunted house. Times, Sunday Times
Should pantomime, ventriloquism, and verbiage be mixed?
The memo suggests a 75% 'supertax' for pantomime stars between December 5th and January 31st, suspending VAT on forks, cutting corporation tax for companies run by men named Ian and increasing child benefit for families who roam the land singing songs and performing magic tricks. Archive 2008-11-01
The superannuated dames and amateur comedians of old are gone: in their place is a pacy and entertaining contemporary pantomime.
These kinds of inferential processes go on constantly in interaction, as we all know, on the basis of indexical signals that work like gestures in pantomime.
Then add traditional English Christmas songs and carols, stir in a dash of humour and a pinch of pantomime and sprinkle with magic-dust.
I expect (as will the management) the people of York will flock in their usual thousands to book for their pantomime and their dame whose own unfailing loyalty and unique talent has given us all so much pleasure year after year.
This month sees the first professional pantomime at Leatherhead Theatre in seven years.
The scene began, and I pantomimed that I was writing in my notebook and I became totally engrossed.
He's so good at playing the pantomime villain we're only doing what he does but taking it a couple of steps further. Times, Sunday Times
An essential part of the mumming tradition was audience participation, with the crowd hissing the dragon and cheering St George to victory, and that's probably where we get our robust pantomime backchat these days.
The pantomime descended into tragedy last week and this evening became a farce.
With not a sprig of holly in sight, it is the perfect anti-pantomime for the festive season.
In November 2000 Richie moved to Dublin where he began working professionally, debuting at the Gaiety Theatre in the Aladdin pantomime
Name the dame Who are these celebrity pantomime dames? Times, Sunday Times
I'll never forget sneaking out of Lucknow with T.H. Kavanaugh during the siege; * (* See Flashman in the Great Game.) he was a great Irish murphy without sense or a word of H.ndi, figged out like the worst kind of pantomime pasha with the lamp-black fairly running off his fat red cheeks, and cursing in Tipperary the whole way - and not a mutineer gave him a second look, hardly. Flashman And The Mountain Of Light
Currently rehearsals are ongoing for the upcoming Pantomime to be staged in early December.
One idea of his now was to create a feerie, or sort of pantomime, sparkling throughout with wit. Balzac
He was also a member of the New Field Players in the 1950s, where he always played the dame in the pantomimes held to raise money for a new field for Glusburn Cricket Club.
Some inexcusable antics over the years mean he will always be seen as the pantomime villain. The Sun
Families enJoy the cricket club and football team, as well as an annual pantomime in the village hall. Times, Sunday Times
Meanwhile, fans of side-splitting comedy can also take in the Grand Opera House's Christmas pantomime, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.
Neither is a regular visitant to the green leather benches; but, prompted by their ‘consciences’ (clearly, the pantomime season is upon us), they joined the gay pride march through the Ayes lobby last Monday night.
He has also appeared in pantomime.
This pantomime tincture was made from guar gum and xanthan gum. Times, Sunday Times
He pantomimed zipping his lips and throwing away the key.
He nodded and pantomimed with his hands how he sprayed the medication into his nostrils.
The outpouring of hatred can be massive but deep down most fans know that it is all part of the pantomime.
The society have been at the forefront of local theatrical drama for over two decades, staging some magnificent productions in serious drama, comedy, pantomime and more.
She pointed to herself, then Bella, and pantomimed a swaying movement. Uprising
In carnival, the Commedia dell'Arte, the pantomime, and slapstick we find a modern expression of the trickster impulse.
Some of her performances were not just memorable, but unforgettable particularly in recent years when the comedienne in her surfaced in pantomime and farce.
And presenting it like a pantomime robs the ballet of any opportunity to tug at the heartstrings. Times, Sunday Times
If you thought Coolera Dramatic Society could only do pantomime, prepare to be surprised by this daring, but heart-warming tale.
He can also pantomime explosions and use a simple movement to suggest a picture, and it just comes across.
It's an evening of music, drama and pantomime.
Think pantomime horse front and back, but in floral tones. Times, Sunday Times
Eir pantomimed a pair of talons hoisting the golem into the air and letting it go. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
Salammbô is as inarticulate for us as the serpent, to whose drowsy beauty, capable of such sudden awakenings, hers seems half akin; they move before us in a kind of hieratic pantomime, a coloured, expressive thing, signifying nothing. Figures of Several Centuries
A show or pantomime if still on would be good. Times, Sunday Times
Drawing from various theatrical traditions, such as clowning, pantomime, charades, acrobatics and vaudeville, "Godspell" is a groundbreaking and unique reflection on the life of Jesus, with a message of kindness, tolerance and love. BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
We want to make the pantomime writer, the proprietor of the penny “comic,” the billsticker, and the music-hall artist extremely careful, punctiliously clean, but we do not want, for example, to pester Mr. Thomas Hardy. Mankind in the Making
He attacks Royal Ascot for being an absurdity and a pantomime.
Think pantomime horse front and back, but in floral tones. Times, Sunday Times
Charlie Smyth and the Cast of Cinderella will also perform a few numbers from their sell-out pantomime.
A capacity crowd on the Friday night were in top voice to ensure that the show swung along to the accompaniment of cheers, boos and ‘behind you’ as every pukka pantomime should.
He wrote songs, operas, and operettas, pantomimes, melodramas, and in 1823, a History of Music.
Perrault's fables were much reprinted and adapted by the Victorians into children's picture books, burlesque, and pantomime.
Mr Whittam said that the pantomime was under threat because there weren't enough volunteers to do the work.
On the tiniest of budgets, an absolute scorcher of a family pantomime is being staged at the Landor Theatre, Landor Road, Clapham North.
Meanwhile, fans of side-splitting comedy can also take in the Grand Opera House's Christmas pantomime, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.
Their pantomime is ruthless and restive, always craving more but instantly jaded. Herta Müller - Nobel Lecture
But it was all a salutary reminder of what a fantastic ethos pantomime has. Times, Sunday Times
The generality wish for the return of harlequin, who though he cannot appear as he used to do, with his motley coat and wooden sword, often struts about in the hero's dress to delight them; at least it is only to this that I can ascribe the miserable pantomimes with which the tragic actors inter - sperse their tragedies. A General collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world [microform] : many of which are now first translated into English : digested on a new plan
And on top of all of that, pantomime makes things doubly difficult for itself by being family entertainment. Times, Sunday Times
With a steady finger, the finger of conviction, the Geshe pointed to a dun heap of dirt and rock in the intermediate distance and then pantomimed the act of bending to the ground and gathering something to him. The Silence
Some inexcusable antics over the years mean he will always be seen as the pantomime villain. The Sun
She was, therefore, forced to accept anything offered, tours, pantomimes, weeks with repertory companies and variety tours.
Families enJoy the cricket club and football team, as well as an annual pantomime in the village hall. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps it will end up with Buttons being booed for the first time in pantomime history!
Laughs there are aplenty, Sarah Woodward's pantomime depiction of constable Dogberry proving a particular hit with the groundlings.
The superannuated dames and amateur comedians of old are gone: in their place is a pacy and entertaining contemporary pantomime.
I pantomimed opening a letter and smoothing it out.
It's an evening of music, drama and pantomime.
When she didn't answer, he pantomimed drinking, then pointed from her to himself.
At PNB thus far, only a few interpreters of the key pantomime roles—Giselle's mother, Berthe; Albrecht's noble fiancée, Bathilde; and Giselle's hopeful suitor, Hilarion—rendered their mimologues with grace and inflection of gesture; the rest looked rote and colorless. From the Northwest Emerges a New 'Giselle'
He is one of life's nice guys - yet he always plays villains in pantomimes.
Sorry, Meghan, those of us who do not want to see a 12-year-old girl dressed in a wet T-shirt and panties... writhing on a bed and... awkwardly grinding in a hootchy-kootchy pantomime are not repressed and conflicted and hyperprotective. Archive 2007-01-01
Hence it is that no scholars in Europe but the most learned Italians, smit by the national genius, could have devoted their vigils to narrate the evolutions of Pantomime, to compile the annals of Harlequin, to unroll the genealogy of Punch, and to discover even the most secret anecdotes of the obscurer branches of that grotesque family, amidst their changeful fortunes, during a period of two thousand years. A History of Pantomime
The New Eltham Methodist Church Players take to the boards for their 33rd pantomime in January with some cast members appearing for the 33rd time.
In an artful piece of grand-ham acting, he plays the stately lecher Sir Harcourt Courtley as a cross between a demon king, a pantomime dame and the Duke of Wellington.
Her major example is ‘Circe,’ where gesture and pantomime are all-important.
For this act he inherited the role of pantomime villain and was booed roundly every time he touched the ball from then on.
With a London debut in 1891, he quickly established a successful career in music-hall, variety, pantomime, revue, operetta, and musical comedy.
The rights of every American to good government have been damaged by the pantomime on Capitol Hill.
He does a weird pantomime suggesting a dance, his hands making pinching motions in the air.
Children were forced to wear their winter coats through a Christmas pantomime performance when a Southend theatre's heating system broke down.
A comedy or pantomime in which Harlequin is the main attraction.
An example of a test for apraxia is to ask the patient to pantomime the use of a common object such as a hammer or a toothbrush.
And a rusa, a lewdly mischievous pantomime horse galloped the streets to bring virility to the farmers' stallions, bulls, rams and boars.
The patient pantomimed an exit instruction to the nurse.
With a penetrable fourth wall, a spot of audience participation and plenty of gleeful nonsense, this is pantomime in all but dame.
This new production of Mother Goose, is the only traditional pantomime where the central character is the dame.
But actually he isn't a pantomime baddie. Times, Sunday Times
[2] That is, as drawn on the backdrop at Sadlers 'Wells, a theatre then known for scenic effects because dedicated to pantomime, harlequinade and non-verbal theatrical performances. Letter 217
A buffoon, easily duped, he is the perfect pantomime character, but here we have him as a major member of the plot.
Lifting each piece, he pointed at the corresponding article of clothing on his own body, then pantomimed putting it on.
Expect swashbuckling fun including music, pantomime and storytelling, plus parrot workshops and puppet shows. Times, Sunday Times
Last month, about 80 children, aged between eight and 11, auditioned for the Christmas pantomime, all hoping to tread the boards alongside the cast.
My ghostly waiter was preferable to the obsequious, hovering variety which pop up like pantomime villains to ask if everything is all right just as you are about to start chewing.
Cibber's antagonistical views towards Pantomime were shared, as we shall see, by a good many others. A History of Pantomime
Patsy Preece, a drama teacher at Wimbledon High School, said: "A lot of the audience were middle-aged blokes, which isn't the usual demographic for pantomimes, but the producers clearly know what they're doing. Evening Standard - Home
Mirabeau himself was indignant with what he called a pantomime; for he said that Ministers had no right to screen their own responsibility behind the inviolate throne. Lectures on the French Revolution
In tracing the History of Pantomime it becomes a matter of considerable difficulty, and, as Baron, in his _Lettres sur la Danse_, observes that when the word Dancing occurs in an old author, that it should always be translated by "gesticulation," "declamation," or "Pantomime. A History of Pantomime
With his massive build, black beetling eyebrows and perma-frown he resembles a pantomime baddie.
While Woodward would gladly play the role of pantomime villain this summer when he takes his Lions to New Zealand, he is not so keen to have the boos and hisses directed at his players.
This time the pantomime villain seems content to accept his role with good grace. Times, Sunday Times
Across the kingdom the princes and princesses of pantomime are taking their bows and cracking one-liners in Christmas productions packed with Yuletide yarns and knockabout comic capers.
He's been in the local pantomime since the year dot.
The awful prospect for purists is that Olympic year may become a pantomime duel between the two. Times, Sunday Times
He also contributed colourful songs to the museum's annual staff pantomime. Times, Sunday Times
‘vestigium’, not ‘vestige’, in Culverwell; ‘pantomimus’ in Lord Bacon for ‘pantomime’; ‘mystagogus’ for ‘mystagogue’, in Jackson; ‘atomi’ in English Past and Present
She stops to pantomime the drawing back of an arrow in a bow and lets the arrow fly.
What we were offered, if definition is needed, might be called ballet-pantomime: it was certainly not opera.
If you don't know what you are doing with liquid eyeliner you'll end up looking like a pantomime dame. The Sun
The pad was full of celebrities who were starring in pantomimes and the glossy leaflets on his lap were flyers advertising the pantos.
Is the life of a pantomime dame all slapstick, panstick and lipstick?
Since then he has starred in over a dozen pantomimes and countless musicals.
My issue is that I do not want a 12-year-old girl dressed in a wet T-shirt and panties... writhing on a bed and... awkwardly grinding in a hootchy-kootchy pantomime. "Ms. Fanning’s commitment to this material is unwavering in its creepiness."
It was no joke when Cullingworth theatre group CADS lost half of its comic duo only a fortnight before curtain-up for the annual pantomime.
Tom sighed and pointed to the crater, then pantomimed climbing down.
Since becoming captain after the pantomime of last winter he has brought a phlegmatic, laidback approach to the job. The Sun
With his massive build, black beetling eyebrows and perma-frown he resembles a pantomime baddie.
Garrity disbanded the original group in 1969 and concentrated on solo work, fronting the 1970s TV series Little Big Time and was much in demand for pantomime and cabaret appearances.
I have no idea if any of the fruit ever entered his mouth, or if his body could actually interact with corporeal objects, or if he was only performing an elaborate pantomime for my benefit.
Mr Ewing said people in the community had already organised a large number of fundraising events including quiz nights, a pantomime and concerts.
The coach proceeded to do a pantomime of a player misplaying a grounder, exaggerating a gaffe from the previous night's game.
Hart plays the genie in this raucous take on the British pantomime, a story based on the myth of Aladdin and his magic lamp.
She made a waving motion with her hand in front of her mouth, trying to pantomime words coming from her.
Moore's story goes much deeper into the psychology of his characters than he did in the first adventure, fleshing out the already rather meaty Edward Hyde beyond his pantomime villainy.
Indeed, they played up the role of pantomime villain. The Sun
And now he thinks playing the pantomime villain will help him in the long term. The Sun
The company's board meetings had become a pantomime and no decisions were ever made.
An example of a test for apraxia is to ask the patient to pantomime the use of a common object such as a hammer or a toothbrush.
Gemma Baird plays Princess Rose and Coliseum favourite Eric Potts dons the wig and slippers to play Nurse Nora, the pantomime dame.
Honest Roger, the red-haired coachman, would have looked like a clown in a pantomime, in front of a fashionable equipage; and Simon the footboy, who slouched at my back, would have been mistaken for an idle urchin surreptitiously enjoying a ride. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 400, November 21, 1829
Meanwhile, fans of side-splitting comedy can also take in the Grand Opera House's Christmas pantomime, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.
Pantomime is about bringing laughter to thousands.
Berwick, 58-year-old dame of dames, writer and co-director, would prefer the Theatre Royal pantomime to remain, in the words of the League Of Gentlemen, a local pantomime for local people.
Young starlets are needed to perform before a pantomime audience of 1,500.
A spokesman for the theatre said: 'People will be coming to see a pantomime. Times, Sunday Times
They tried also to comfort her by saying in pantomime that some day her godmother might send them to bear her home again, and lift the enchantment that bound her. The Golden Apple Tree
While the curiosity-seeking policeman was garroting Benjamin Franklin, with the idea of abducting him, a small monkey, flung from the windowsill by the strong hand of an impatient fireman, made a straight dive, hitting Poor Richard just below the waistcoat, and passing through his stomach, as fairly as the Harlequin in the ` Green Monster 'pantomime ever pierced the picture with the slit in it, which always hangs so conveniently low and near. Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum
He has also written children's plays, pantomimes, comedy sketches and radio commercials and has directed more than 100 productions, spanning everything from Shakespeare to stand-up comedy.
We just have to accept we're the pantomime horse to the main cast. The Sun
I whiled away the time by playing with Rubens under the table, Aunt Maria "superintended" the music in a way that must have made any less stolid performer nervous, and Leo was apt to try and distract Polly's attention by grimaces and pantomime of a far from respectful nature behind Aunt Maria's back. A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son
On my word, what you call the pantomime of beggars is only the whole huge bustle of the earth .... Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II.
On an historical note, the pantomime Jack & Jill was the creation of celebrated Victorian writer Edward Leman Blanchard, who wrote 37 of the famous Drury Lane pantos and 28 more for other London shows.
In a totally unstructured environment, they present this creative explosion through modern dance, mime, pantomime and music with a whole lot of playfulness.
South African dancers shimmied behind twirling American cheerleaders; pantomime dames cooled off in the shadow of giant stiltwalkers; and a New Orleans jazz band competed for people's ears with Scottish bagpipers from Oldham.
Richard Ashton has appeared in Jack And The Beanstalk already this year, but what a contrast to this winter's pantomime engagement at York Theatre Royal.

How To Use Pantomime In A Sentence

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