Panto star, stand-up comic and master juggler Steve Royle will celebrate 1,000 pantomime performances in this year’s Sleeping Beauty at Blackpool Grand Theatre.
The finalist from ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent will star as Silly Billy swapping lines with Dancing on Ice champion and Emmerdale star Hayley Tamaddon and playwright and soap screenwriter Philip Meeks (Emmerdale, Heartbeat, Doctors) in Sleeping Beauty.
Actor and director Daniel Taylor will star as King, Josh Belward (Skin Deep) as the Prince, Christina Meehan (Around The World In 80s Days) as the Bad Fairy Carabosse and Maisie Sellwood makes her professional debut as Princess Rose.
The show runs December 2 to January 1.