Adult Panto
Halifax Playhouse
On Wednesday, November17 the Halifax Playhouse has a second dose of Adult
Panto action, this time from a theatre company from Hertfordshire called
‘The Market Theatre Company’, who are hitting the road for their 17th year with their fastpaced farcical take on Adult Panto. The tour follows the sell-out success of their Adult Panto: Peter Panties, and then the big hiatus caused by the pandemic, so the company are delighted to be back on the road for their 2021 – 2022 winter tour. This year’s Adult Pantomime is a
corruption of the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood and promises all the trademarks of previous Market Theatre Company adult pantos, including farcical humour, over-the-top characters and more innuendo than you can shake a stick at! The Market Theatre Company hale from their own 70 seater theatre in the historic market town of Hitchin in Hertfordshire. In the last 25 years their naughty alternative to traditional pantomime has gone from strength to strength, growing from a short four week run to achieving almost cult status. Writer Kirk Foster said: “Although adult, we certainly
never set out to offend anyone and would say that we are suitable for audiences aged 16 -100.
“We have a fantastic cast of just three that work incredibly hard on that stage. Their energetic, fastpaced and always over-the-top performances make the show, even before you add in the many innuendos and the usual pantomime frolics!” This year’s cast are Nick Hooton (a veteran of the adult panto with some 16 years of doing Adult Panto under his belt), Jemma Carlisle (who is a seasoned pro when it comes to family pantomime and has
performed in two adult pantos for the Market Theatre Company) and
Tilly Howes (who returns following her adult panto debut in 2019/2020). Between them they play an abundance of familiar (and not so familiar) pantomime characters. Performer Nick Hooton, who plays the wicked wolf (amongst many other characters said: “Little Red Riding Hood is such well known story.
“We’ve got all the characters you know and also many more you won’t! It certainly keeps the three of us busy with costume changes!” To book tickets visit www. halifaxplayhouse.org.uk.