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Pantomime Time or Fashion

  • sarah816202
  • 1 day ago
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This week, there are two very different themes to choose from. You may wish to choose one or the other, or you may want to combine both choices. I'll leave it to you and your interpretation... For now, let's get into it.


"They're Behind you!!!" ... Followed by "Oh no they aren't!!!!" OR "Oh yes they are!!!!"


Pantomime season is once again in our theatres and village halls....


Pantomime began in ancient Greek theatre, later shaped by Italy’s commedia dell’arte and British forms like 17th-century masques and music hall. The harlequinade led the genre until the late 19th century, but modern panto, full of songs, slapstick, pop-culture jokes, innuendo, music, guest stars, and plenty of “He’s behind you!” is now a festive UK and Irish tradition. These topsy-turvy fairy-tale retellings include favourites such as Cinderella, Aladdin, Peter Pan, Snow White, and more.


Theatre stage painted backdrop of a pantomime stage backdrop in front are 7 pantomime dames dressed in vibrant voluminous dresses, feathered headresses or high combed wigs, exaggerated feature eye make-up. A hand operated dog puppet sits centrally on a box by one dame
A group of pantomime dames. Source, The Independent, 23 December 2016

At this time of year, winter fashion and party outfits shine, from stylish celebration looks to cosy layers with a touch of hygge. Theatres add sparkle as pantomime Dames dazzle in glamorous, over-the-top costumes. Hats, gloves, boots and accessories offer endless seasonal options, while designers showcase bold colours, textures and trends. Influences from major fashion houses and rising talents ensure winter style has something for every taste this festive season, inspiring individuality and joyful dressing.


Bustling street with an older brown skinned gentleman with white trimmed beard, glasses, walking with a cane in right hand. Red shoes, brown checked socks, dark tan turn-up trousers, dark check jacket, long tartan coat with orange, white and blue and several colourful thick scarves a grey and green tartan flat cap with some white and yellow.
Winter clothes source Pinterest

Art inspiration;

🎨 Do you have a favourite panto? Draw a scene with the characters and set, and add speech bubbles to bring the performance to life!

🎨 Perhaps you have a favourite Panto character you wish to focus on drawing, bring their character to life with lots of charm and colour.

🎨 Create a new pantomime character and a storyboard to introduce them.

🎨 Illustrate a dazzling/demur outfit you’d wear to a celebration, show off your style!

🎨 Draw symbolic items of winter clothing. A pair of mittens or gloves, a scarf or boots worn in winter in a wintry setting, perhaps?

🎨 Maybe you’d like to look into a fashion designer of current times and share their design, or perhaps a costume of days gone by and recreate an item of their clothing, using colours attributed to that era.


Have some fun, reveal personality, if you wish to.

 

It will be a great evening of creativity! See you all soon 🙂 Wednesday evening, 7:30 pm UK time. Please join us on link-tree select All4Art https://linktr.ee/all4inclusion

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