Let’s wind the evening up with a little more sauciness, wrapped up in the familiar experience of the family panto. It’s Pumpkin Pantos’ Pussy in Boots: The Adult Panto, at Grand Theatre @ theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, at 23:25, Thursday 22nd. Let’s read the blurb: “Join us for a naughty night out in which the world of pantomime will be spun on its head in this hilarious, innuendo-filled show packed with sauce, smut and shocks. The Kingdom of Clitopia is in peril from a giant ogre, but with a little help from the magical Puss in Boots will our hero Dick save the land? Will he slay the ogre? And more importantly will he finally have it off with the fair princess? It’s cheeky! It’s sexy! It’s raunchy! It’s everything a panto shouldn’t be!”

Done well this should be brilliant; if it misses its mark it might be ghastly. Fingers crossed! Check back around 1 am to see what we thought. By then the first preview blog for tomorrow should be available to read too.

Someone’s been to see the Sheffield Panto! A show like this, the bigger the audience, the funnier it is; and although we weren’t a massive audience we did rather put our backs into it. I ended up being the Queen’s boyfriend, a demanding job, but someone’s gotta do it. Funny, delightfully traditional in structure, and with plenty of adult humour. I enjoyed it a lot! Oh, and they really pushed the boat out with the “If I were not upon the stage” routine. Top commitment!