A panto group is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary with a reunion.


Pantoloons have been entertaining in Braintree for 30 years, each year performing a pantomime and donating any profits to charities or good causes.

The members are all volunteers.

Jo Speed, membership secretary, described the Pantoloons as “a huge part of Braintree life for generations of children and adults alike”

The group began at the Institute, Bocking End, but are now performing at the Braintree Arts Theatre at Notley High.

They are having a reunion on Sunday, November 17, at the Horse and Groom pub, Rayne Road, Braintree, from 6pm onwards.