Widow Twankey - Wikipedia
WEBWidow Twankey. Dan Leno in the role of Widow Twankey, for an 1896 performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Widow Twankey (originally Twankay, sometimes Twanky) is a female character in the pantomime Aladdin. She is …
Ian McKellen has the crowd in stitches as panto dame Widow Twankey ...
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Meet Widow Twankey from Aladdin - YouTube
WEBMeet Widow Twankey from Aladdin. WorthingTheatres. 846 subscribers. Subscribed. 51. 33K views 13 years ago. Worthing Theatres has now become Worthing Theatres and Museum, a trust formed in 2019...
Widow Twankey Explained - Everything Explained Today
WEBWidow Twankey (originally Twankay, sometimes Twanky) is a female character in the pantomime Aladdin. She is a pantomime dame, played by an older man. History. The story of Aladdin is drawn from the Arabian Nights, a collection of Middle-Eastern fables.
Chubby Oates "A Classic Widow Twankey" 1996 HD - YouTube
WEBChubby Oates as Widow Twankey in Aladdin from the Kings Theatre Southsea. 1996-97 Season.Full panto and cast list at ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?...
Widow Twankey - Pantomime Dame - Haven - Second Half Opener - YouTube
WEBJan 26, 2023 · Widow Twankeys opening spot from the second half of the Qdos summer pantomime tour Aladdin for Haven Holidays...
McKellen’s Widow Twanky in Aladdin a Hit With London Critics
WEBDec 21, 2004 · But at London’s Old Vic he is currently realizing what he has called his life’s ambition – to play a traditional (ie.in drag) pantomime dame, Widow Twanky in Aladdin. And the critics – as ...
Aladdin at The Old Vic Theatre | 2004-2006 | Twankey - Ian …
WEBDec 17, 2004 · The famous clown Grimaldi played in it in 1813, and in 1861 ‘Widow Twankey' made her first appearance as a character. Since then Aladdin has been a permanent feature of the English pantomime scene.
Pantomime dame - Wikipedia
WEBDan Leno as Widow Twankey in Aladdin at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - Alfred Ellis (1896) A pantomime dame is a traditional role in British pantomime. It is part of the theatrical tradition of travesti portrayal of female characters by male actors in drag.
‘It’s above you’: How the Gaiety made Aladdin’s magic carpet fly
WEBDec 10, 2019 · Meet Daryn Crosbie and the colourful crew behind the Gaiety panto. Pauline McCaul, the ‘the miracle maker’, designs and makes the panto costumes, pictured with Joe Conlan as Widow Twankey at ...