The UK Pantomime Association tells us there are about 260 pantos going on across the UK this season.
However, it’s not all roses for actors – oh no it isn’t!
Alicia says roles are in high demand, even for actors who have other jobs.
When she’s not waiting for true love’s kiss, she is playing Monica Geller in the UK tour edition of the Friends musical parody.
“We have a gap over Christmas and luckily I was able to audition and find a panto that could just fit my dates, otherwise I would have no income over Christmas,” she says.
Simon Sladen, chair of the UK Pantomime Association, a charity championing panto, tells BBC Newsbeat that Alicia’s case is not unusual.
“This is your one time of the year where you might be able to guarantee work, particularly if you’re going back to a venue year after year,” he explains.
“Between maybe November and January, a quarter of the year, you know that you’re going to be in a job that you love, enjoy and are bringing wonderful entertainment to everybody.”
While he says it can be “big bucks” if you’re famous, for the ensemble, there’s still work to be done.
He says Equity, and other unions, are working to protect performers’ rights.
“Not every pantomime is offering an Equity standard contract,” he says.
“So there are a lot of things to be looked at there, because we don’t want an industry that is exploiting or is not rewarding its employees in a way that they would be in other places.”
But jobs are still “competitive”.
“I think because of where pantomime is now, in the sense of being respected and having this great quality, I think more people want to be in it,” he says.