Nottingham Playhouse have announced full casting for its Christmas pantomime Beauty and The Beast, running from 3 December 2021-15 January 2022.

Marking Kenneth Alan Taylor’s 37th panto that he has written for the venue, the production will bring magic and mayhem, glitter and glamour for all the family this Christmas.

The cast includes everyone’s favourite dame John Elkington who plays Madame Fifi in his seventeenth pantomime for Nottingham Playhouse. He will be joined by Lisa Ambalavanar (Sleeping Beauty, Nottingham Playhouse) as Belle, recent drama school graduate Megan Cerys-Holland as Veronique, Tom Hopcroft (The Comedy about a Bank Robbery, West End and tour) as Maurice, Bradley Judge (Pippin, Hope Mill Theatre and Southwark Playhouse) as Gaston, Clarice Julianda (Priscilla Queen of The Desert – UK tour) as Florence and 2021 Mountview graduate Myles Miller as Jaques The Lad.

The Youth Chorus will be made up of local talent: Annie Besson, Serai Bondswell, Samuel Brown, Milly Caswell, Ruby Hardy, Nathan Hayward, Hannah Keen, Delinda Lee, Shakiyah Mitchell, Georgia Reid, Donté Slater, Stanley Syalon and George Turton.

The on-stage performances of Beauty and The Beast will be accompanied by an on-demand digital version of the show, which will be filmed in front of a live audience on 7 December, with a special watch party on 13 December. There will also be a Christmas Eve Special digital-performance on 24 December.

For more information and to book tickets, please click here.