Cambridge Arts Theatre reopens with Dame Trott’s Panto Palaver

Following an eight month closure, Cambridge Arts Theatre is back with Covid-safe panto adventure, Dame Trott’s Panto Palaver, to make you feel good and warm your heart.

Count Covidula, the stupidest, baddest baddie that you’ve never heard of, is sick of the good guys  winning and wants to ruin pantomime for everyone. He’s got his hands on this year’s master scripts and is rewriting the stories with unexpected and hilarious results! 

Will Dame Trott and her beloved Daisy the Cow escape from the mean Giant Trumplebore? Does  Dick Whittington become Mayor of London or will he be defeated in a rigged election? And will  Cinderella ever marry her charming Prince, or will the Stoneybroke Lockdown have her home by  10pm? One thing’s for sure: panto will never be the same again. 

Cambridge panto favourites are back this year including Matt Crosby as Dame Trott (who returns for his fifteenth Christmas in the city), Coronation Street’s Stephen Beckett as Count Covidula, marking his fifth role as the pantomime baddie in Cambridge, West End star Lucy May Barker (Mamma Mia) and Isaac Stanmore who returns after his role as Buttons in last year’s Cinderella.

The pantomime is written by Al Lockhart Morley and directed by Michael Gattrell (Dear Zoo).

Chief Executive at Cambridge Arts Theatre Dave Murphy said: “We thought long and hard before deciding to create this year’s show but realised that, this year more than ever before, we need take  some control over our own destiny. This is us putting our best foot forward at the end of the most  challenging year in our history. Amidst the COVID gloom I can promise you laughter, panto  madness, feel-good songs, familiar faces and some much-needed festive cheer. Please join us for  the fun.” 

Dame Trott’s Panto Palaver opens on Friday 11 December 2020 and runs until Sunday 3 January 2021.  For full information and ticket prices, please click here.