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The 50 best shows of 2025
In the run-up to 2026’s exciting new offer, we’re taking a final trip down review lane to gather the most enduring shows of the year. Discover which ones have made the cut out of hundreds of press performances and how close it gets to your own selection. 50. Antigone On Strike Action, politics, and philosophy…
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Apple Derrieres talks upcoming drag panto ‘Wicked Witches’: “We all need to defy levity”
The drag queen swaps the cackles for the giggles by playing a fabulous fairy in this queer Oz-themed panto. Guillermo Nazara chats with the performer to find out if the show is worth high expectations or if it’s time to burst the audience’s bubble. How does it feel to be stepping into shoes (no pun…
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Review of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ family panto: “Suitable for the pricky eaters”
Brighton Family Panto returns for the festive season with this jukebox remake of the enchanting fairy tale. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if in this new awakening of the classic story, the fun ever goes dormant. As the West End gets stormed by the landing of WeaverThe Brighton…
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Review of ‘Peter Pan’ adult panto: “Loads of fairies, but little endowment”
West End’s Phoenix Theatre hosts this new not-so-wholesome retelling of James M. Barrie’s children’s classic starring RuPaul’s Drag Race contestants. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this filthy reshaping of the literary icon manages to poke… some good fun. Alright – let’s just get over with it. Yes,…
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Creative Bertie Watkins talks new immersive adult panto ‘Dead Hard’: “We applied for a world record of most amount of dildos in a live production”
London’s Southwark area gets even gayer with the opening of this new drag parody show, turning one of the most iconic classics in film history into a different kind of… iconography. Guillermo Nazara chats with the man leading thus gang banger, to learn all the fun facts about this glittering montage – where there won’t…
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Review of ‘The Liar, The Bitch and The Wardrobe’: “No room to the imagination”
C. S. Lewis’s beloved children’s book gets butchered up in this hilarious adult panto giving a fag-tastical makeover the original tale. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this not too straightforward adaptation of the classic novel keeps up the fairy dust. This made me happyThis made me happy…
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Review of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’: “Filthy fi-fo fun”
The Charing Cross Theatre hosts its annual adult panto production with this camp retelling of the English folk tale. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this bottomless pit of dirty humour ends up earning a magna…cum… laude. Ladies and gentlemen, fairies and whores,The pantomime season has opened its…
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Review of ‘Sleeping Beauty, The Drag Panto’: “Fairies! God, Mother!”
The children’s classic takes an adult twist through this naughty adaptation crossing a few lines and dresses. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if in this f*cked-up universe anyone got to wave their magic wand… It’s a thrilla in Manilla between Diana and Camilla! Oh, wait – that line…
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Review of ‘The Hunger Gays’: “There’s more to milk”
The Two Brewers Pub Theatre hosts this new adult panto taking us to the most epic battle ever dick-tated onstage. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this players made a good fist of this session. In a world (do it as deep as you can… the voice, I…
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Review on ‘The Nutcracker – An Adult Panto’: “Done with a big pair of Christmas balls”
The classic fairy tale spreads its wings (and something else) through this irreverent show not suitable for the tight ones. Guillermo Nazara shares squeezes every part of the piece, to let us know if this touching affair was actually funny business. On the twelfth day of Christmas my dealer gave to meTwelve drillers drillingEleven pumpers…
