Martin Vander Weyer Martin Vander Weyer

I was born to be a pantomime Dame (oh yes I was!)

After 25 years of playing every other part, I’ve finally got into the ballgown

issue 21 December 2019
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‘Flamenco, lambada/ But hip hop is harder/ We moonwalk the foxtrot/ Then polka the salsa…’ I’m sure you know those lines from the Spice Girls’ anthem ‘Spice Up Your Life’, which happens to be the biggest song-and-dance number in this year’s Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime at Helmsley Arts Centre in North Yorkshire.

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