West End Stars Join Sevenoaks Panto

The cast of this year’s pantomime at the @stagsevenoaks has now been announced. Once again, joining everyone’s favourite comic and dame, some of the best talent of the West End will be spending Christmas in Sevenoaks.

Courtney Stapleton, best known as one of the Queens in the West End smash hit musical Six (West End), will play the Wicked Queen in Snow White. Courtney also played Belle in the UK tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and had roles in Les Miserables, Mamma Mia, Bat Out Of Hell, Dear Evan Hanson and Love Never Dies. Courtney is also an Instagram ‘van life’ legend, and recently appeared on George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.

Returning for her third panto season in Sevenoaks, Billie Hardy (The Time Travellers Wife, Chicago, Bat Out Of Hell) will play Snow White. Billie is a Sevenoaks Panto regular, having previous played the title role in Alice In Wonderland, and Wendy in Peter Pan, both at the Stag Theatre.

Fellow West End performer Michael Levi, who played Bob Crewe in the West End production of Jersey Boys, as well as appearing in Kinky Boots and Walk Like A Man, will also join the cast to play the Prince.

Courtney, Billie, and Michael will be joining the much loved panto duo of Ant Payne as Silly Billy, and Jamie Alexander Wilson as Dame Elaine Staige, who also writes and directs.

Sam Hall, who’s most recent musical director credits include Standing On The Sky’s Edge (West End), The Bodyguard (National Tour), School Of Rock (West End, National Tour, International Tour) is returning for his eighth year as Music Supervisor and MD. Daisy Dean will choreograph her seventh panto season at the Stag Theatre, and the industry leading digital panto set design is once again by Simon Cossons.

Further casting is to be announced, after professional ensemble auditions on 7 September.