BOO, HISS &
CHEER... AT A FESTIVE SHOW
OCar panto The curtains haven’t closed on the
Great British pantomime this year (oh no, they
haven’t!) but the tradition of bawdy music,
storytelling and jokes looks a little different.
Some have ventured outside: Car Park Panto
is hosting drive-in performances of Horrible
Histories’ Horrible Christmas, with dates at
Edinburgh Airport (31 Dec) and
Warwickshire’s Stoneleigh Park (3 Jan) still
remaining (£49.50 per car, carparkparty.com).
The Parking Lot Social is using the same
format to put on Cinderella
alongside film screenings in
London, Manchester, Liverpool,
SullyinGlamorgan,Edinburgh,
Bristolandmore(variousdates
26 Novto 27 Dec,from£48.19per
car,theparkinglotsocial.co.uk).
Checklocallistingstofind
sociallydistancedperformances
attheatrestoo.
OMusicalathomeIf a triptothe
theatre isn’t on the (Christmas) cards, bring
the magic of the stage to your sitting room.
Netflix’s new release, Jingle Jangle: a
Christmas Journey, is a musical adventure
starring Forest Whitaker as a toymaker who
needs his granddaughter’s help when things
go awry.
OCountry and blues There’s more music
on the Netflix menu with Dolly Parton’s
Christmas on the Square, a story of small-town
festive spirit. Or try Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
(out 18 Dec), an adaptation of August Wilson’s
play about a dramatic blues recording session
in 1920s Chicago, starring Viola Davis and the
late Chadwick Boseman.76%
ofBritswould
rather
userecipes
from their grandparents than
cookbooks or social media,
suggests research by Asda.
More than two thirds of people
surveyed reported learning
cooking skills from grandma
or grandpa, with many wishing
they’d written down the
recipes – the most beloved
being a Sunday roast,
homemade cakes and cottage
pie. One in seven even claimed
their grandparents could beat
Gordon Ramsay or Jamie
Oliver in a cook-off.GRANDMA (AND ’PA)
KNOW BEST
Go jingly
jangly with
Netflix