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While transport hasn't always been an easy hurdle to deal with, our team of reviewers have ventured out, with more than 500 productions being reviewed.

For when you can't take any more festive TV.

For local venues, pantomimes are the golden goose – and with Dame Ian McKellen on stage, the omens for the industry are good again

Fire the glitter cannons! Unleash the water pistols! The panto season is here. But how did the cross-dressing dame become so central to the tradition? And in an age of gender fluidity, should we still be laughing?

Tim Ronalds had been working with local businessman Lee Craven, director of social enterprise Bradford Live, on concepts since 2011 and together won the

On Saturday it was announced that Ruth Madoc - who became a household name playing chief yellowcoat Gladys Pugh in the BBC One show - had died aged 79.

The health scare for Daisy becomes the latest in a series of ups and downs for the barmaid and Daniel.

The health scare for Daisy becomes the latest in a series of ups and downs for the barmaid and Daniel.

The health scare for Daisy becomes the latest in a series of ups and downs for the barmaid and Daniel.

The health scare for Daisy becomes the latest in a series of ups and downs for the barmaid and Daniel.