Listen "Episode 70 – The 2023/4 Panto Season Comes to a Close"
Episode Synopsis
Martin catches up with Sarah and Steve to discuss how the 2023 panto season went and what is in store for 2024.Imagine have had their biggest ever panto season with 19 pantomimes and 3 Santa shows. They have employed more people than ever before with around 500 people hired by Imagine to work on the productions, plus around 400 children who were part of Junior Ensembles.January sees the start of debrief season when the team have internal debriefs as well as debriefs with the venues and as sets, costumes and props return the maintenance programme begins. Planning for 2024 is already underway with many pantos now on sale, budgets being finalised and sets and costumes allocated against productions.So in good old panto tradition - ‘we’ll have to do it again then won’t we – woo!’
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