Beer and ballet .....
A long time ago, circa mid 80's, I went with some mates to see the Xmas panto "for a laugh". It was Cinderella. We'd been in the theatre bar for some pre-performance drinks as we'd got there a bit early and had got a tad merry.

Things were going well and we were joining in with all the kiddie stuff such as shouting "it's behind you" in the right places. And at some point I remember a couple of us had tried to make a run for the stage to join in with the sing-a-long but some pesky kids beat us there.

Then it got to a behind the curtain scene change for turning the pumpkin into a carriage etc. So they bring out two girls and five guys to perform some ballet, presumably to represent the fairy godmothers efforts in changing the mice into 'footmen'.

Bearing in mind it was around the same time Paul Hogan was on TV advertising Fosters. I, in a rather too loud voice, pipe up with " strewth there's bloke down there with no strides on".

I've never seen such a butch glare from a ballet dancer since ....
(Enzy_Chick, Tue 11 Apr 2006, 23:09, Reply)