David, a panto dame himself, makes about 60 to 80 wigs every year for use in pantomimes. He believes he is the only person who still makes these types of wigs - which are made from special hard fibre.

“The pantomime dame is the beating heart of the show,” said Simon Sladen, curator of theater and performance at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. “She is that engine that drives i ...

Jason Sutton died in April and will have a theatre named after him during panto season A Brighton panto ... on by the producer and his friend, David Hill. Mr Hill said the press night show would ...