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Person: Fionula Linehan

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<p>Panto dame Fionula Linehan in full costume on stage at the Everyman with Dolly proudly leading the pack during a special visit from My Canine Companion puppies-in-training ahead of this year’s Cinderella! panto. Picture: Chani Anderson</p>

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Panto dame Fionula Linehan: When I was younger I’d gone to theatre, watched it, loved it
Ireland’s only female panto dame, Fionula Linehan describes being in hospital and bidding goodbye to a sport she’d held dear — before life unexpectedly opened a door that led to a new passion she has been living since
<p>Fionula Linehan as Peggy Twomey in Red Riding Hood at The Everyman. Pictures: Darragh Kane</p>

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Panto review: Into the woods with Red Riding Hood at the Everyman
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Pantomime Review: Beauty and the Beast
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Theatre Review: The Factory Girls Everyman, Cork
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Pantomime: Aladdin - Everyman, Cork
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Oh yes they can - the panto with a special cast
Time for panto? Oh yes it is! Here&rsquo;s the best around this Xmas
Time for panto? Oh yes it is! Here’s the best around this Xmas

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