I'll start with explaining a Pantomime because I didn't really know what it was - apparently it's a very English thing. It's a musical comedy stage production which is put on around Christmas time but the show itself is not necessarily about Christmas. It involves a lot of crowd participation - ie, the actors turning to the audience and asking "what should I do?" and the crowd shouting back. It apparently begin as opera but no longer is such. Steve says it's tradition in a Pantomime for the lead male/boy role to be played by a woman and for the pantomime "dame" to be played by a man. Of course these elements are not unfamiliar to me but I've never specifically been to a Pantomime. You can read more about it here.
So last night, the Salford City Reds Community Department and local Pendleton College held a Pantomime at the rugby's variety center. Several lines included jokes about Salford, Manchester and local areas, including the rugby team and the football (soccer) teams (Manchester City and Manchester United). Oh and two of our players were briefly in the show twice. Although it's geared towards kids, there were a lot of adult jokes in it too, in order to entertain the parents. This particularly Pantomime was based on "Aladdin". Surprisingly, it was really good! I even literally laughed out loud several times. And the photography experience was great. Although I was officially only there to get shot of the rugby players on stage for PR, I took the opportunity to shoot the whole show. The community department wants to give my photos to Pendleton College so I'm hoping it peaks their interest in using me for other events they have.
I'm still processing the photos but once I'm done and picked the best ones, I'll post them. So stay tuned!
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