King's Theatre Pantomime King's Theatre Pantomime The pantomime at the King's has been running annually since 1971. Before that a few pantomimes were staged from 1964/65 after Glasgow Corporation bought the theatre from Howard & Wyndham Ltd. Pantomime in Scotland has always been popular, particularly in Glasgow, and there has been a long tradition developed from the 1860s. From the 1970s pantomime productions for the King's were funded jointly by the City Councils of Glasgow and Edinburgh and staged in both cities. Stanley Baxter one of Britain's top pantomime dames performed at the King's in the 1980s in Cinderella, written and directed by
Baron Ambrosia talent: performer/narrator) for his portrayal of Baron Ambrosia. Fornal stopped using the character after the feature length film "BARON AMBROSIA IS DEAD" to pursue exploration and documentary film-making full time. The Baron Ambrosia character first appeared in 2006 in the video podcast "Underbelly NYC" which was distributed through Liberated Syndication. The show reached a number #1 ranking under iTunes culinary podcasts. Fornal produced, in total, eight episodes of "Underbelly NYC". In early 2008, Baron Ambrosia re-emerged in "Bronx Flavor" on BronxNet, a Public-access television cable TV channel in Bronx, NY. Both series focus on Baron Ambrosia's adventures in food (mostly