Summer Tours 2022
The War of the Worlds
The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons invade the stage in this funny yet faithful new open-air adaptation as they use musical instruments, puppetry and, um, enthusiasm to recreate deadly heat-rays, giant fighting-machines, squidgy tentacled Martians and interplanetary warfare on an epic scale. The chances of success? A million to one…
Much Ado About Nothing
The boys are back from war and it’s time for celebration, but devious Don John plans to spoil everyone’s fun with his perilous plots. Will young lovers Claudio and Hero fall foul of the crafty criminal? Will bickering Benedick and Beatrice ever admit that they actually like each other?
The Wind in the Willows
Join Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger on a wild adventure filled with motorcar madness, wicked weasels, exciting escapes and plenty of messing about in boats. Frantically feral fun for the whole family!
Great Expectations
An affectionately anarchic adaptation of Charles Dickens’ captivating coming-of-age chronicle. Join Pip the orphan on a journey through his eventful life via hilarious turns and tragic twists; filled with escaped convicts, eccentric spinsters, mysterious benefactors and gut-wrenching heartbreak. Great Expectations is touring the UK in Spring and Autumn 2022.
Digital Shows
Bleak House – A Radio Play
When a dead body is discovered in Mr Krook’s Rag-and-Bone shop, a web of mysteries starts to untangle, with far-reaching consequences. Hilarious, tragic and romantic by turns, Dickens’ darkly comic masterpiece is retold by The Pantaloons in their own inimitable style.
Previous Shows
The Pantaloons formed in 2004 and have since toured extensively and prolifically, growing in popularity, if not stature, each year. Like a tiny mushroom that has become very popular but is bad at similies. You can find out what we got up to in the past by clicking on the link below!
The Taming of the Shrew
2008
Gulliver’s Travels
2016
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2017
The War of the Worlds
2018