Pantomime - a Christmas tradition - VB

crafty

a goody

gender rôle reversal

topical

buffoonery

slapstick

juggling

an in-joke

innuendo

plot

convention

in drag

to be / go over your head

chorus

costume

cast

a guest star

high-brow

a walk-on part

jobbing (adj)

a well-known, popular person invited to appear as a ‘star’ in order to attract a larger audience

the main sequence of events in a play, film or novel

a remark or remarks that suggest something sexual or unpleasant but do not refer to it directly

ridiculous but amusing behaviour (from the Italian for a ‘clown’)

(of a man) dressed in women’s clothing

an amusing anecdote shared exclusively by a particular group

set of actors in a play or film

a way in which sth is usually done

someone who does not work regularly for one person or organization but does small pieces of work for different people, used of an actor / plumber / builder/ gardener etc.

a good or favoured person, especially a hero in a story or film

used of ideas or culture which are intellectual

to be too difficult or strange for you to understand

relating to current affairs

a basic type of amusing acting in which the actors behave in a silly way, such as by throwing things, falling over, slipping on a banana skin

set of clothes worn by an actor or performer for a rôle or show

a very small, insignificant rôle involving an actor being on stage for a short time, and speaking very few or no words

situation in which what is traditionally done by males is done by females and vice versa

continuously throwing into the air and catching a series of objects

part of a song which is repeated, usually after each verse

clever, especially in a dishonest or secretive way