insideKENT Magazine Issue 67 - October 2017 | Page 46

ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT
MIRROR, MIRROR, ON THE WALL,
don’t miss the fairest pantomime of them all!
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS WILL BE SPECTACULARLY BROUGHT TO
LIFE WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF COMEDY, SENSATIONAL SONG AND DANCE
NUMBERS, FABULOUS COSTUMES AND STUNNING SCENERY. THROW IN A MAGICAL
MIRROR, SEVEN FRIENDLY DWARFS, A BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS, A HANDSOME PRINCE
AND PLENTY OF AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION AS WE OUTWIT THE WICKED QUEEN
AND LET LOVE PREVAIL IN THIS GLITTERING FESTIVE TREAT FOR ALL AGES.
Starring as the Wicked Queen is Jessie Wallace.
Jessie has become a national treasure thanks
to her performance as Kat Slater in the popular
BBC soap EastEnders. No stranger to the stage,
Jessie has appeared in the West End
productions of Rent and Haunted as well as
the 25th anniversary production of Stepping
Out in the role of Sylvia. Jessie also starred as
Matron Mama Morton in the UK tour of
Chicago last year. Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs marks Jessie’s third foray into
pantomime having previously starred in
Cinderella and Robin Hood, both for Qdos
Entertainment.
In her role as The Wicked Queen, Jessie will
be joined by comedian and magician Pete
Firman as Muddles and hilarious panto dame
Jason Sutton as Nurse Nancy.
Pete Firman is widely recognised as one of
the UK’s leading comedian and magicians
having starred in BBC1’s prime-time Saturday
night
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programme The Magicians and recently made
special guest appearances on ITV1’s The Next
Great Magician and Let’s Sing and Dance for
Comic Relief. His skill for fusing magic and
comedy has made him one of the most in
demand magicians working on British
television, writing and performing in magic
shows such as Monkey Magic, Dirty Tricks,
Derren Brown’s 3D Magic Spectacular and The
Secret World of Magic.
Jason Sutton, best known for his award-
winning alter ego Miss Jason has been
entertaining audiences across the country for
over 15 years. Aside from his cabaret work,
Jason is a pantomime regular having starred
alongside the Jason Fletcher, Larry Lamb and
the late Paul Daniels. His television credits also
include The Weakest Link, Come Dine with
Me, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
and Sky1’s Chocky-Wocky-Do-Dah. On stage
Jason also received rave reviews for his leading
role of Terri in Peter Nichols’ Privates on Parade
and starred in The Boys in the Band, directed
by Christopher Biggins.
Staged once again by Qdos Entertainment,
the world’s biggest pantomime producer, and
the team behind the last year’s record-breaking
pantomime Peter Pan, Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs will feature all of the traditional
pantomime ingredients Bromley theatregoers
have now come to expect in a fantastic new
production of the well-loved fairy tale.
Jonathan Kiley, Executive Producer for Qdos
Entertainment said: “After last year’s fantastic
production of Peter Pan we’re delighted to be
bringing our sensational production of Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs to the Churchill.
With Jessie Wallace at the helm as our very
Wicked Queen alongside the hilarious pairing
of Pete and Jason audiences are in for a real
festive treat.”
www.churchilltheatre.co.uk