Mother Goose is a popular pantomime character who overcomes her personal demons for the greater good. I recently went backstage at a pantomime production of Mother Goose in London and captured 84 year-old actor Ian McKellen transforming into the Dame in his dressing room. The Mother Goose pantomime is still performed yearly in the United Kingdom and around the world since the 19th century. Duke of York's Theatre, West End, London, January 2023.