First Family Entertainment and The Opera House, Manchester announce the full principal casting for this year’s family pantomime: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Joining the previously announced Priscilla Presley (the Wicked Queen), Warwick Davis (Prof) and Tam Ryan (Muddles) will be Benidorm and Brookside star Philip Oliver as The Prince, West End talent Natalie Andreou as Snow White and Daniel Stockton as the Henchman.
Priscilla Presley, Hollywood royalty, TV icon and the wife of the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley, will be making her Manchester stage debut in the role of Wicked Queen, following a hit run at New Wimbledon Theatre two years ago.
With a career spanning more than three decades, Warwick Davis is best known for his roles in Willow, Star Wars, the Harry Potter films and most recently on TV in Life’s Too Short, Doctor Who, An Idiot Abroad 3 and Weekend Escapes. He recently appeared at the Opera House in See How They Run, with his newly-formed Reduced Height Theatre Company.
Lancashire-based comedian, actor and singer Tam Ryan now considers Manchester as his second home after starring in the Opera House’s pantomime for the past four years.
Philip Olivier has just played the role of Jason in two series of TV comedy Benidorm, but he is also well-known for his part as Timothy ‘Tinhead’ O’Leary in Brookside.
Natalie Andreou recently played the lead role of Sherrie in Rock of Ages at the Garrick Theatre in the West End. She has also appeared in Mamma Mia in the West End and the movie version and in tours of Footloose, Evita and Fame.
The script will once again be written by Eric Potts, who played baker Diggory Compton in Coronation Street, and is one of the UK’s best loved panto dames.