Sunderland Empire has announced that Terence Maynard will play Abanazar and Alison Hammond the Slave of the Ring in Aladdin, this year's panto.
Maynard is currently playing Tony Stewart in Coronation Street. Other TV work includes Spy for Sky TV, three episodes of Merlin, DCI Banks, Law and Order UK and Miranda Hart's Joke Shop. Theatre includes playing Billy Flynn in Chicago in the West End.
Hammond is a presenter on ITV's This Morning and has also appeared in Strictly Come Dancing, Big Brother and I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here. TV drama work includes Boon, Chalkface, Doctors, Locksmith, Yes and three series of Palace Hill.
Aladdin runs at Sunderland Empire from 11 December 2015, to 3 January 2016.