This year’s panto, ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’, will be performed in a Big Top, purpose built at the Ayrshire Athletics Arena on Queens Drive, from November 22 to December 29.
East Ayrshire Leisure had to come up with an alternative venue because of refurbishment work at the Palace Theatre and Grand Hall which is expected to last for 18 months.
As the Three Bears scramble to find a method to show off their amazing dancing skills to the world, the 500-seat Big Top will take the audience on a fantastical pantomime adventure.
Two UK Pantomime Association Awards—Best Midscale Pantomime and Best Ensemble—were extended to the highly acclaimed Palace Theatre’s 2023 production of Jack and the Beanstalk.
The same creative team behind the Killie panto, Imagine Theatre, who are celebrating their 21st year as its creators, will reunite for this year’s production of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Award-winning screenwriter Eric Potts, a Palace regular from Ayrshire, wrote the script.
Steve Boden, from Imagine Theatre, said: “We are delighted to be working with the fabulous team at East Ayrshire Leisure on this year’s pantomime.
“Whilst the Palace Theatre and Grand Hall undergoes an exciting refurbishment, East Ayrshire Leisure had the brilliant vision to ensure that the region’s most popular pantomime continues in a new location.
“The heated Big Top is the perfect place for us to stage ‘Goldilocks’ and we can’t wait to bring all the hallmarks of a Killie panto to this special venue, alongside some amazing surprises to entertain and delight audiences of all ages.”
For the first time outside a major city in the UK, Imagine Theatre will use ground-breaking digital technology to present the show on hi-tech screens augmenting traditional panto content and staging.
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