They’re behind you! A look behind the scenes of panto at Cork Opera House

GOING to the pantomime is one of the most enduring traditions of the Christmas season and we love every moment of it. Yet what we see is only half the picture. If you could look backstage, you would realise just how much frantic work it takes to make it happen.
As Brendan Galvin, production manager on Beauty and the Beast at Cork Opera House, knows only too well. Anything that happens on the stage, it’s the production manager’s job to make sure it all fits together and works. From last spring he’s been working with the creative team to ensure that.