Interview with Andrew Scanlon and Justin Bott from the Company of Peter Pan: The Panto | Drayton Entertainment 2023
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Meet Andrew Scanlon and Justin Bott from the company of “Peter Pan: The Panto”.

Tell us about the history of pantos?	
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Andrew Scanlon: Panto is a very popular form of British theatrical entertainment, typically performed around the holidays, which had evolved through the years and became very big in the Victorian era, but is still as popular now. We invite the audience to do things like...

Justin Bott: Boo the villain and cheer the hero, and like, oh, no, he didn't.

Andrew Scanlon: Oh, yes, he did. 

Justin Bott: Oh, no, he didn't. 

Andrew Scanlon: Oh, yes, he did. 

Justin Bott: Oh, no, he didn't. 

Andrew Scanlon: Oh, yes, he did. 

Justin Bott: Just like that.	Andrew Scanlon and Justin Bott sit in a rehearsal room and speak to the camera.	
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What do you love about pantos?	
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Justin Bott: I love the fact that the show can be different every single performance based on who the audience is, based on what's in the news that day.

Andrew Scanlon: Yeah, and a lot of theatre becomes this experience of us and them. You know, the audience is sitting there experiencing the play. We are up on stage. That is totally broken down.

Justin Bott: The audience is another character in the show every single night.	Andrew Scanlon and Justin Bott continue speaking to the camera.
	
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What is the best part of rehearsals?	
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Justin Bott: It's always a joy I find to watch all the kids in this show. We're really, really, really, lucky to have three wonderful young adults, or children, in the cast. The way that they kind of, like, light up the experience and bring new life into the production is fun to watch.	Justin Bott continues speaking to the camera.
	
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What’s like having people boo you all the time?	
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Andrew Scanlon: Preparing to be a panto villain is a kind of a unique experience. You just have to love it. You have to hear the boos as cheers. If they're booing loudly, I'm doing it right.	Andrew Scanlon continues speaking to the camera.
	
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Why should people come to see Peter Pan?	
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Andrew Scanlon: There is a Beyoncé number in the show, and there is a Britney Spears number, and all I'm going to tell you is that they are being performed by the two people you have sitting here. So that, in itself, is joyful enough, I think.

Justin Bott: I'm sure that'll be your favourite. (Laughs)	Andrew Scanlon and Justin Bott continue speaking to the camera.
	
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Peter Pan: The Panto

November 8 to November 5
King’s Wharf Theatre
KingsWharfTheatre.com