On Sunday 13 April, the winners of The Pantomime Awards 2025 were announced by the UK Pantomime Association at a ceremony full of song and laughter at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking.

Best newcomer to pantomime. Owain Wyn Evans: Cinderella, New Theatre, Cardiff (Crossroads Pantomimes) Also nominated: Colum Findlay: Jack and the Beanstalk, Eden Court, Inverness (Imagine Theatre) ...

For many families, the annual pantomime is as much a Christmas staple as Santa, presents and turkey with all the trimmings. Although seen as a British tradition, panto stems from Italian slapstick ...