Karen from Finance & Richard Energy join cast of DICK WHITTINGTON at Phoenix Theatre
Star of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Karen from Finance and drag king Richard Energy will complete the cast of the new all-drag West End pantomime from TuckShop, Dick Whittington, which plays at the Phoenix Theatre on select dates between 5 December 2021-9 January 2022.
They will be joining the previously announced Cheryl Hole as ‘Dick’, plus two of the Queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Series 3, Kitty Scott Claus as ‘The Spirit of Soho’, and Choriza May as ‘Queen Rat’.
Written by Gareth Joyner and directed by TuckShop Founder and Creative Director Chris Clegg, Dick Whittington will also star Holly Stars as ‘The Cat’, Beau Jangles as ‘The Mayor of Soho’, Yshee Black as ‘Dame Sarah’, and Ophelia Love as ‘Villager Number 4’. Karen from Finance will play ‘Alice’ and Richard Energy will play ‘Daddy’.
Teaming up with Ameena Hamid, the West End’s youngest producer, Dick Whittington is the second all-drag West End pantomime from TuckShop, following the first 2019 sell-out hit Cinderella.
Karen from Finance said: “If the parks are the lungs of London then the Theatre is absolutely the heart. This is my second big show with TuckShop, and in it I’m making both my Panto debut AND my West End debut. Also working alongside such a stellar cast, it’s all living proof that dreams really do come true in London Town!”
Richard Energy added: “Having made my West End debut in TuckShop’s All the Kings Men and coming off the Death Drop tour, I am so excited to be working with TuckShop again in my first run of a show in the West End!”
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