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T's and Cs apply. Standard issue for all women. Oh hello there. What? What's that? I can't hear you. Who's behind me?

That's right, my smashes, we are deep into Panto season. So it's even the right thing to do to get Vicky Stone,

writer of some of the best pantomimes in the UK, on the pod to have a natter about this most enduring of British Christmastime traditions. Vicky isn't just

a pantom magician mind. In fact, her hyphenates bem multitude and so I'm also chatting to her about

comedy, getting kids into the theatre, toddler raves, primetime telly, and that time she escaped a studio

by kicking her way out of a fire escape.

Vicky's got two pantos, counten her one, two running at the moment.

Mama Goose at London Stratford East and Beauty and the Beast at Upswich's New Walsley Theatre.

Tickets and info are available from the venue websites.

Before you get involved with Vicky, let me give you a

little heads up about what else is on offer on standard issue this week. Jen has already had a

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