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When the evil Carabosse puts a curse on Princess Aurora, she pricks her finger on a spinning wheel on her 18th birthday and falls into a deep sleep for 100 years. Can her best friends Jingles and Nurse Nora save her? Will a prince’ s true love’ s kiss be enough? And will Princess Aurora live happily ever after with her handsome prince? Find out this Christmas at The Rylance Theatre, Ashford.

Packed with all the traditional pantomime ingredients Ashford audiences expect, Sleeping Beauty features laugh-out-loud comedy, stunning scenery, beautiful costumes and plenty of boos and hisses.

The cast includes some of the UK’ s best musical theatre and pantomime stars including Holly Harvey from the UK tour of Princess Live! as Princess Aurora, top pantomime dame Paul Ketley as Nurse Nora and Ashford’ s favourite baddie Rob Hancox as Carabosse. Also joining the cast this year are singing sensation Stephanie Middleton as Fairy Fortywinks, international entertainer and comedian Charley Byrne as Jingles the Jester and musical theatre star Callum Rumsey as the Prince.

Sleeping Beauty is the hilarious family pantomime suitable for all ages, with tons of comedy and stunning musical numbers that you are guaranteed to be singing for days afterwards. So, don’ t get caught snoozing, grab your tickets now to the dreamiest pantomime of them all- Sleeping Beauty at the Rylance Theatre, Ashford, from 19 December 2025 to 3 January 2026.

Tickets can be booked via the Box Office on 01233 367399 or online, so please visit the website.

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