If someone came up with a new idea for a pantomime that worked, then that would be great but we shouldn't step away from Jack and the Beanstalk, Aladdin or Mother Goose.

Everyone has their own taste: some like theatre, some don't, some like opera, some don't, some like pantomimes, and some don't.

You wouldn't get rid of the Mona Lisa just because someone painted another picture of a woman smiling.

The idea with theatre is to come to an environment that you enjoy.

Goodness transcends badness.

There is of course a dark side to panto because there are always baddies and you can't have a baddie without a dark side. But most of the time the baddies become good.

All theatre has truth, from Theatre in Education to panto to Shakespeare.