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King’s Head Theatre Announce Cast for Cinderella

by Staff Writer
October 24, 2024
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Cinderella King's Head Theatre Cast

Executive Producer and Acting CEO Sofi Berenger and the whole team at the King’s Head Theatre and Elphin Productions announce  full casting for Cinderella, its first ever family pantomime in its new and flexible 250-seat auditorium this Christmas, with Drag Race UK Star Ella Vaday (Nick Collier) starring as one of the Ugly Stepsisters ‘Peckham’, and ITV’s Mamma Mia: I have a Dream contestant Maddy Erzan-Essien as ‘Cinderella’. Dame Judi Dench will also feature in the show, lending her vocal talent as ‘The Narrator’.

Presented in this fantastic intimate setting, Cinderella features puppets from Little Angel Theatre, sensational songs, hilarious slapstick comedy, romance and plenty of audience participation; firmly rooted in Islington, the panto will celebrate the borough’s rich history.

Dame Judi Dench, who is Patron of the Little Angel Theatre, will be joined by other internationally renowned friends and Patrons of the theatre, doing recorded voiceovers during the show – with others to be announced.

       

Produced by Elphin Productions, King’s Head Theatre Productions and Little Angel Theatre, ‘with General Management by New Frame Productions, Cinderella will play from 30 November to 5 January, with press performances on Friday 6 December at 7pm (all / family friendly) and Thursday 12 December at 7pm (adults only).   Tickets are on sale now here.

Ella Vaday (Nick Collier) was a finalist in Season 3 of Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK and most recently appeared in ITV’s The Real Full Monty and in Adam Deacon’s Sumotherhood (Paramount Pictures). Having trained in Musical Theatre at Bird College and Nick has performed in Hairspray, The Book of Mormon and Wicked in the West End and pantomime at The Capitol Horsham. They will be taking on one of the iconic Ugly Stepsisters role of ‘Peckham’. The other half of the double act, ‘Dalston,’ will be played by 2023 OFFIES Best Newcomer Nominee Harry Curley (Buddy Holly and the Cricketers, Christmas in Exeter Street, Oh What A Lovely War).

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Joining Nick & Harry in the title role of ‘Cinderella’ is Maddy Erzan-Essien (ITV’s Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream, Carrie, Memphis – Underground, Nine). Playing alongside her as ‘Prince Charming’ will be Joseph Lukehurst (Shatter Box, Enact, Dreamboats and Petticoats: Bringing On Back the Good Times, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Urinetown), and Verity Kirk (Pleasance Theatre’s all-female POSH, Cautionary Tales, Much Ado About Nothing, Treasure Island and Twelfth Night/Christmas Carol at the RSC) as ‘Dandini’. Robert Rees (Beirut, Ladies in Lavender, Peter Pan, The Mousetrap) will play the role of ‘Buttons’. Completing the casting is Lucia Vinyard (Cinderella, Flora the Red Menace, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Before (Again)) as ‘Fairy Codmother’.

Cinderella will be written and directed by Andrew Pollard (writer of CBeebies’ Robin Hood). During Andrew’s 15-year run as writer, director and Dame at Greenwich Theatre, he won two OFFIE awards, and was the winner of Best Ugly Sister at the 2023 British Panto Awards.

Set and costume design is by Gregor Donnelly, with lighting by Aaron J Dootson and puppetry by Oliver Hymans, alongside musical supervisor by Ben Barrow with assistant musical supervisor Hollie Cassar. The creative team is completed by production manager Dan Weager and casting director Marc Frankum.

Tickets are on sale here

       
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