I'm not really hundred percent sure of this it was pretty incredibly strange. As an American living in the UK, it was something I'd heard a little about but not seen before. I'm of course talking about what I guess can only be called a British theatrical tradition the British pantomime. My family tried to explain it to me but I guess didn't really know where to start especially the pantomime dame. I have to admit a lot of it went over my head probably a lot of that was due to being deaf. I also realized that the amount of 'overacting' which in such circumstances I think is probably understandable. For my fellow Americans, you would need to look up online what it is all about I'm not even going to try and explain it all. It seems that the whole thing is based on fairy stories. But for a couple of hours of entertainment, it's worth going although it's expensive for large families but isn't any trip to a theater?