Emma Williams and Lukus Alexander will complete the star-studded principal cast for this year’s London Palladium pantomime Dick Whittington.
Playing Alice Fitzwarrren and reuniting with her Half a Sixpence leading man Charlie Stemp who takes on the title role, Williams will be returning to the theatre where she made her West End debut in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Alexander, whose recent credits include the UK tour of The Who’s Tommy and Dick Whittington at the Theatre Royal Plymouth, will play Eileen the Cat in the production which will run for five weeks this Christmas from 9 December until 14 January 2018.
They will join the previously announced line-up of Julian Clary (Spirit of the Bells), Elaine Paige (Queen Rat), Ashley Banjo (The Sultan) and Diversity (The Sultan’s Special Advisors), Paul Zerdin (Idle Jack), Nigel Havers (Captain Nigel) and Gary Wilmot (Sarah the Cook).
Dick Whittington will be produced by Nick Thomas and Michael Harrison for leading pantomime producer Qdos Entertainment. With more than 684 pantomimes to their credit, the team behind last year’s double Olivier-nominated and record-breaking London Palladium production of Cinderella are expecting over two million people will see a Qdos show this festive season alone.
Written by Alan McHugh, the Palladium version of one of the best-loved pantomime stories will be directed by Michael Harrison and choreographed by Karen Bruce. Musical supervision and orchestrations will be by Gary Hind, with lighting by Ben Cracknell, set designs by Ian Westbrook, 3D Creations, costumes by Hugh Durrant, visual special effects by The Twins FX, projection design by Duncan McLean and sound design by Gareth Owen.
Angela Thomas
Tickets for Dick Whittington at the London Palladium are available HERE.
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