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Pantomime Dame Pete Duffy is helped into his ladies underwear at a final rehearsal of Alladdin at the Rhodes Arts Complex on December 8, 2013 in Bishop's Stortford, England. Pete has performed in panto for 14 years, but this is his first as a Dame, when he is playing Widow Twanky. Pantomime is a Christmas tradition in the UK that dates back over 500 years to beginnings in the 16th Century Italian street theatre Commedia dell'arte, and uses physical theatre, innuendo and slapstick comedy to tell fairy stories. The central cross-dressing role of the Pantomime Dame, usually a mother, queen or widow, is a kind hearted figure, played by middle-aged men in large colourful dresses, and vivid, exaggerated make-up. The Dame emerged in the music halls of 19th century Victorian London and continues to this day, evolving and becoming more glamorous each year. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty