Best answer ever in a panto interview...

is awarded to....  Mr Ben Watson who is once again at Hastings' White Rock Theatre this Christmas...

Transcript

00:00 Yeah, but to go back onto the stage year after year in the same venue, does that make it

00:05 easier because you know that the audiences know you or does it heap up the pressure because

00:09 you think, oh my goodness, I've got to be funnier than I was last year?

00:13 Oh, I hadn't thought about that. I've got to, I'm going to have to leave this call now.

00:21 I'm going to have to go. There we go.

00:26 You changed your name as well.

00:28 Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I'm Nadine today. She's very kindly lent me the laptop to do this

00:36 conversation. But no, in answer to your question, I mean, it's a bit of both really because

00:44 there is a bit more pressure each time because there's an expectancy and an expectation.

00:50 But at the same time, you're a familiar face. And so there is a familiarity to this. And

00:58 you do build up a relationship with the audience and the community over the years.