Peter Pan
Contrary to popular belief, Pantsoc is not a society dedicated to pants. As director William Seaward explains; “We’ve got nothing against pants. Probably there should be a pants society, but we’re not it.” Instead, Pantsoc perform a student Pantomime every January in Central Hall.
When asked to describe the society’s purpose Seward is not short on inspiration. “Pantomime is one of last great, mighty bastions of comedic genius in this oh-so-serious world. A refuge and ark for all that’s good and magical; a great twinkly beacon of fantastitude shining merrily through the thick smog of misery and cynicism, a great safe-house of Christmassy goodness where nowt is sacred.”
This year, following the resounding triumph of last year’s Robbin’ Hood, Pantsoc will be presenting The Peter Pan…tomime!, featuring, among other increasingly bizzarre excitements, a Captain Hook who sells dodgy videos (‘a video pirate, you see’), a spaced out Tinkerbell dealing ‘fairy dust’, and what promises to be a breathtaking sequence in Ziggy’s nightclub.
Look out for auditions in Week 2 of this term if you want to perform, and the society is also looking for assistant directors, producers, techies, backstage hands, costume designers, set builders, and everything else. Email socs418 for details, or just look out for the posters. As Seward concludes; ‘Pantomime or death!’.
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