insideKENT Magazine Issue 67 - October 2017 | Page 40

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

PETER PAN AT MAIDSTONE STUDIOS

TO BOOK WILL BE AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE! A BRAND NEW PANTOMIME IS COMING TO THE COUNTY TOWN OF KENT FROM FRIDAY 15TH DECEMBER TO SATURDAY 6TH JANUARY AND IT’ S BIG! USING INCREDIBLE SPECIAL EFFECTS AND SPECTACULAR AUDIENCE INTERACTION, INCLUDING HIGH-FLYING BOUNCING PIRATES AND AMAZING LED SCENES, THE CLASSIC STORY OF PETER PAN WILL HAVE A FRESH SPIN.
The Maidstone TV Studios offers an impressive capacity of over 1,100 seats as well as other surprises along the way that only a TV studio can accommodate. The studios have welcomed international superstars into their dressing rooms such as Ed Sheeran, Adele and... Paddy McGuinness.
To add even more excitement to the show, the lineup is second to none … playing the dastardly Captain Hook, is Hollyoaks and Emmerdale veteran, James Sutton. The acclaimed actor, famous for the role of John Paul, has been in the popular show for over a decade and just finished this year. with‘ Bring Me Joy’. Recently she came runner up in Celebrity Big Brother to Sarah Harding, one fifth of girlband Girls Aloud.
British gymnast and The Only Way is Essex alumni, Pascal Craymer, will play the feisty Tiger Lily; Dave Short and Adam Hoffman will bring the comedy as Dame and Comic, Mrs Starkey and Smee; and last but not least, local talent Jazmin Patey-Ford will play the role of Wendy Darling.
Join the all-star cast in this swashbuckling festive family treat this Christmas at Maidstone TV Studios! Proudly sponsored by Village Hotel Maidstone; media partnership with The KM Group.
Box Office: 0800 999 7755
Opposite James is The X Factor star and West End vocalist, Lloyd Daniels, who will be playing Peter Pan himself. The Welshman will offer panto experience and incredible vocals due to his extensive run in Andrew Lloyd Webber’ s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Peter Pan’ s pal, Tinkerbell, will be played by Celebrity Big Brother runner up and pop sensation, Amelia Lily. Amelia shot to fame as a finalist in the The X Factor in 2011, and has since been a regular West End leading lady starring in American Idiot. She also had a number two chart hit www. maidstonepanto. com
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