Theatres in the UK are awash with pantomimes during the festive season and Wellington's Circa Theatre is enjoying a very successful run of Robin Hood.
Co-writer and director Simon Leary is a graduate of Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School has taken the classic tale and turned it into pantomime form.
He speaks to Culture 101 about whether panto in Aotearoa is different to rest of the world and their approach to casting and staging for this production.
