mike5 Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 What I need is some ideas for audience participation for a panto I am about to do. The panto is Aladdin. Has anyone got any past ideas that worked well? Any ideas of their own we could try? Just anything really, we are running out of time and struggling for ideas! thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lewis Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Looking at the section heading you've posted under, perhaps they could help build the stage? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 What I need is some ideas for audience participation for a panto I am about to do.Mike, hi.And welcome to the Blue Room. the problem here, is that whilst I'm sure some of the BR members could well have a few ideas, this isn't really the best forum to ask this question - we are primarily a backstage/technical group. You'd be better off in a production type forum, really. TD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Hi Mike, The audience participation in panto seems to follow the usual gags. The ghost gag - as in 4 people sit on a bench, ghost comes on, audience go mad. You what?A What?It wasn't,it wasit wasn'tit waswas it?we'd better sing it again then, repeat with somebody getting scared off till only one - you must know this one. The obvious it's behind you gag various versions of water squirting, or maybe the bucket of slosh that turns out to be empty kids who come upand do things and the audience vote by cheering and infinite variations of all this lot what exactly do you want to happen?It's normally in the script? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pritch Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Heading somewhat :** laughs out loud **: I was once called on stage to perform the actions to a musical number with Buttons. I started blubbing and asking for my Mummy. I think I was about 17 or 18 at the time. Dress rehearsals. Gotta love em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Dress rehearsals. Gotta love em! Oh no you don't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightsource Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 .... Oh yes we do.... it's the final chance to sort out any problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwh Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 .... Oh yes we do.... it's the final chance to sort out any problemsThere's a difference between love and need :** laughs out loud **: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadaca Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Most Dames come with there own gags, as do most comics, any other audience participation can be found in the Panto bibleAlso ask people what they did last year. There are hundreds of standard gags that you can drop in to cover set changes or just for fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Langfeld Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 .... Oh yes we do.... it's the final chance to sort out any problems Ohhh no we don't! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 :) This whole thread is borderline off topic since audience participation at a panto isn't really a technical matter. (Well, not usually...I once had a frequent sound effect that was the cue for an audience reaction.) Anyway, please don't let this degenerate into a "Tea Break" style free-for-all or the topic will have to be closed. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Well, to show there CAN be a vague technical aspect to audience participation, some more details on the sound effect thing I hinted at: Basically, the script had a somewhat incompetent good fairy. Every time she was supposed to appear, I played a typical "magic" effect (harp arpeggio type thing) except it ended up with a sound like a winding-down gramaphone. When the audience yelled the appropriate magic word loud enough, the fairy appeared in a puff of pyro. Another thing I've seen is singalongs, aided with video projection of the lyrics. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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