Finton Flynn will play Jack who exchanges the family cow for a handful of mysterious beans in Nottingham Playhouse’s 2024 panto Jack and the Beanstalk.
Flynn toured for a year as the alternate Jamie in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. He is also known for playing Russ Gray in the ITV soap Coronation Street.
He will join the previously announced John Elkington as Dame Daisy Trott, Tom Hopcroft as Fleshcreep, Jewelle Hutchinson as Jill, Bradley Judge as Silly Billy, Caroline Parker as Fairy Godmother and Alice Redmond as Pat the cow.
Flynn said, “I'm so delighted to be joining the team at Nottingham Playhouse. I love panto season and can't wait to see all those happy, festive families in the audience.”
Adam Penford, the Playhouse’s artistic director who has written and will direct Jack and the Beanstalk, commented, “Finton is a terrific performer. We're delighted he’ll be joining us for his first panto. The Playhouse panto is legendary and he'll be working alongside the very best. What a great addition to our brilliant team.”
Fourteen youngsters will appear as the youth chorus, playing farmyard characters from scarecrows to chickens and even assisting Fleshcreep with his mischievous plans. They are Lola-Mae Brown, Alexander Bunka, Louis Gillespie, Nathan Hayward, Mia Jacks, Nevaeh Jouhal, William Kent, Matilda Lamb, Amiya Maxwell, Anna Nguyen, Gracie Nkala, Isabella Oguagwu, Malikea Smith and Lois Westwick.
Jack and the Beanstalk will run from Friday 29 November until Saturday 18 January 2025.