The London Palladium’s annual mega-panto returns, and if you’ve been paying attention over the years that it’s been running you will not be surprised to hear that once again its core cast of Julian Clary, Paul Zerdin, Nigel Havers and Gary Wilmot will be returning to try and outdo each other (Clary always wins), joined this year by Jennifer Saunders as Captain Hook and Rob Madge – who made their debut in last year’s show – returning in the role of Tink.
This year’s show is ‘Peter Pan’, which is traditionally more of a play than a pantomime, but to be honest the Palladium has a fairly strong track record of not worrying about the plot too much. Expect the usual mix of old-school variety comedy style fun, combined with gags from Clary so naughty you just need to pray they go over the heads of your little ones.