{"id":6266,"date":"2011-12-21T14:52:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T19:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=6266"},"modified":"2011-12-21T14:52:32","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T19:52:32","slug":"kats-back-with-more-pantomimes-jan-13-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=6266","title":{"rendered":"KATS back with more pantomimes, Jan. 13 &#038; 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6267\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/KATS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6267\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6267 \" style=\"border: 2px solid navy; margin: 4px;\" title=\"KATS\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/KATS-300x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actors from previous editions of the Kennett Amateur Theatrical Society annual Pantomime show. The 11th annual show will take place Jan. 13 &amp; 14.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>KENNETT SQUARE \u2014 The Kennett Amateur Theatrical Society proudly presents the eleventh of its annual pantomimes in the British style. The show takes place at the Kennett High School Auditorium, Jan. 13th, at 7.30pm and 14th January, at 2 pm &amp; 7.30pm. Tickets for the evening performances\u00a0 are $8.00 &amp; $4.00, with matinee $tickets priced at 6.00 &amp; $3.00.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>British pantomimes?<br \/>\nThere is no mime in British pantomimes. Never. Imagine instead American musical theater with huge chunks of vaudeville action \u2013 silly jokes, wonderful songs, in fact an entertainment that will appeal to all the family. These are not shows only intended for children. Adults will find plenty to enjoy (and laugh at \u2013 you can explain it the children later).\u00a0 Think \u201cShrek\u201d, but live.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, KATS accepted a British pantomime script outline from three old English friends who happened to be writers and musicians (William and Judi Merrick, and Hugh Sandison). The pantomime in question was \u201cCinderella and the Charming Frog Prince\u201d, a reworking of the traditional story in which things don\u2019t work out quite as you expect. Very much in the tradition of KATS pantomimes, there is a male hero (played by a girl), a mature female protagonist (played by a man), a pantomime animal (Buttercup, the cow), a whole coterie of evil villains, a fairy Godmother, and Greek Chorus. Well, alright, the Greek Chorus isn\u2019t traditional \u2013 but it works for us.<\/p>\n<p>The cast of fifty is directed by Gary Smith and Chris Ramsey. Musical arrangements are by Phil and Marilee Calabrese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KENNETT SQUARE \u2014 The Kennett Amateur Theatrical Society proudly presents the eleventh of its annual pantomimes in the British style. The show takes place at the Kennett High School Auditorium, Jan. 13th, at 7.30pm and 14th January, at 2 pm &amp; 7.30pm. Tickets for the evening performances\u00a0 are $8.00 &amp; $4.00, with matinee $tickets priced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,287],"tags":[652,475,734],"class_list":["post-6266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-arts","tag-arts-2","tag-kennett-amateur-theatrical-society","tag-pantomime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}