More pantomime news – as the Grand Opera House have announced who will be playing their titular Beauty and the Beast.
And it’s a couple of West End mega-talents! Jen Caldwell (Six, Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder) will star as Belle, and Samuel Wyn-Morris (Les Miserables) will take on the role of The Beast.
Beauty and the Beast is at Grand Opera House York from Saturday 7 December 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025.
They join the previously announced Tracy Beaker star Dani Harmer as Fairy Bon Bon, Phil Atkinson as Hugo Pompidou, Leon Craig as Polly La Plonk, Phil Reid as Louis La Plonk, and David Alcock as Clement.
Jen is no stranger to York as she returns to the Grand Opera House after starring as Anne Boleyn in the UK tour of Six in 2022.
“I am so excited to be returning to York and the beautiful Grand Opera House after having a wonderful time there with ‘SIX’ back in 2022,” she said. “I can’t wait to meet all the wonderful Panto audiences and spread some festive joy!”
Samuel, who starred in the Sunderland Empire’s Beauty and the Beast last year added, “I am thrilled to be returning to Beauty and The Beast and to Pantoland this Christmas. To be in beautiful York over the festive period is exciting and I’m greatly looking forward to it.”
The festive family pantomime is being brought to York audiences by UK Productions.
This year’s panto promises to bring a larger-than-life range of characters together with side-splitting comedy, stunning sets, costumes and with an award-winning script by Jon Monie.
Tickets for Beauty and the Beast are already on sale, starting from £15 and available via the Grand Opera House website.