Hackney Empire, London: The best local in-house pantomimes don't just create a sense of community ownership; they create their own sense of community in themselves. Nowhere is this better epitomised than in Hackney, where author/director Susie McKenna and musical supervisor Steven Edis have presided over every panto since 1998, and the cast includes returning regulars like Clive Rowe (who has made the Dame his o…
SOURCE: The Stage at 05:55AM on November 28, 2014