Production photos released for Dame Trott’s Panto Palaver at Cambridge Arts Theatre

Photos: Martin Bond, A Cambridge Diary

Cambridge Arts Theatre has released production photos of its Christmas show, Dame Trott’s Panto Palaver.

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.

Returning for his fifteenth Christmas in Cambridge is the hilarious Matt Crosby, starring as Dame  Trott. Celebrated across Cambridgeshire for his role as #1 Dame, Crosby’s recent roles include an Ugly Sister opposite Wayne Sleep in 2019’s Cinderella and Widow Twankey in 2018’s Aladdin.

Stephen Beckett returns to Cambridge for his fifth role as the pantomime baddie to play the wicked Count Covidula, after his role as Fleshcreep in 2017’s Jack and the  Beanstalk. Beckett is best known for his television roles in The Bill and Coronation  Street and extensive stage experience including the acclaimed West End production of The Curious  Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Mamma Mia.

Joining them are West End star Lucy May Barker (Mamma Mia) and Isaac Stanmore, returning after  his role as Buttons in 2019’s Cinderella.

Dame Trott’s Panto Palaver is directed by Michael Gattrell (Dear Zoo) and is written by Al Lockhart Morley (Cinderella, Aladdin, Jack and the Beanstalk). 

The show runs until 3 January 2021. For more information and to book tickets, please click here.