Neon Panto: Classic Pantomime Tales Reimagined for Today

Every pantomime needs its stage. Here, it glows in pixels and city light.

In Neon Panto, R. J. Kellan reimagines twelve beloved pantomime stories for the age of algorithms, burnout, and fragile hope.

Aladdin delivers food by app. Cinderella rebuilds her neighbourhood’s online community. Sleeping Beauty learns that rest can be an act of resistance. Puss in Boots, Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, and others step into stories shaped by transparency, care, and consent.

Playful yet piercing, these retellings ask what it means to live honestly in a world that rewards shortcuts. They remind us that pantomime was never only spectacle - it was a shared wink, a moral mirror, and an invitation to laugh bravely at ourselves.

Each tale stands alone, but together they form a stage lit by empathy, humour, and defiance. These are old stories retold for the present moment.

Once upon a now begins here.