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AS we hurtle gratefully towards the end of 2020 and the promise of mass vaccination in the new year, everyone is looking for ways to bring a bit of Christmas sparkle to our corona-restricted festive season. The theatres may be closed, but Scotland’s stage artists have stepped up to the plate, offering a veritable cornucopia of online Yuletide entertainment. Christmas isn’t Christmas without pantomime, and nowhere does the traditional panto, complete with fabulously unsubtle dames and madcap humour, quite like Scotland. In fact, the Caledonian pantomime is such a phenomenon that actor,...

Aberdeen panto dame to star in mockumentary this Christmas © Richard Frew Photography An Aberdeen pantomime favourite is to star in a mockumentary this Christmas. Alan McHugh, His Majesty’s Theatre’s favourite pantomime dame, is starring in The Real Dames of Pantoland this festive season. Alan will be playing Dame Helen St Mirren, head of the Real Dames, and will be creating mischief and mayhem with his fellow Real Dames. He said: “Though originally from Paisley, Helen St Mirren is Aberdeen through and through and will be representing the north-east in Pantoland this Christmas. Dame Ju...

December 11, 2020, 7:35 am There’s nothing like a Dame... Alan McHugh has made His Majesty’s his Christmas home for many years. This year's festivities have taken he and other performers online. Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Aberdeen’s favourite panto dame will be representing the north-east in a new pantomime mockumentary. More commonly found at His Majesty’s Theatre, Alan McHugh, will be creating mischie...