Beauty and the Beast
Join us for a panto as old as time!
Dates:
Thursday 19th March 2026 @ 7.30pm
Friday 20th March 2026 @ 7.30pm
Saturday 21st March 2026 @ 2pm
Saturday 21st March 2026 @ 6pm
Thursday 26th March 2026 @ 7.30pm
Friday 27th March 2026 @ 7.30pm
Saturday 28th March 2026 @ 2pm
Saturday 28th March 2026 @ 6pm
Venue:
Harden Congregational Church
When Belle’s father Monsieur Croque is taken prisoner by a hideous beast, it’s up to our intrepid heroine to rescue him – with a little help from her friends! But could there be more to Beast than his fearsome appearance?
In the little French town of Grande Derrière, beautiful, book-loving Belle has got no interest in romance – especially not with her clueless upper-class suitors, Hooray Henri and Count Pierre de la Poshe. Fate has other plans, however, when she stumbles into the path of a cursed prince who has been doomed to live in the shape of a beast until he can learn that true beauty comes from within.
Will true love’s kiss break the curse before the last rose petal falls? Find out as this tale as old as time romps to its action-packed finale!
Cast
Danielle Stephenson-Reid – Belle
Adam Butt – Beast/Prince Claude
Nick Parker – Jacques
Ashley Judge – Babs de Baguette
Vicky Foster – Malevolent
Kate Ainsworth – Fairy Snuff
Sarah Whistlecraft – Hooray Henri
Piers Hill – Count Pierre de la Poshe
Kathryn Sullivan – Bolly
Lorraine Tempest – Cristal
Antony Shenton – Monsieur Croque
Barrie Tempest – Crimsworth
Jane Gerdes – Blue Nun
Gemma O’Hora – Teri the T-Rex/
Catherine the Swot (week 1)
Sophie Chapman – Catherine the Swot (week 2)
Chorus – Lily, Meredith, Sabrina, Libby, Hannah, Elliot, Lucie, Gracie, Poppy, Liam, Dominic, Loretta, Emily, Alex
Crew
Stage manager – Jackie Smith
Lighting – Angela Butt
Sound – Mark Anslow
Choreography – Jane Fenwick (with help from Libby Difiori)
Set construction/props – Dill Butt, Giles Whistlecraft
Backdrop design – Heather Lumley
Costume lead – Sarah Whistlecraft
Musicians – Charlotte Nutter, Sheila Shenton, Alfie Walls-Shaw
Prompts – Laura Campbell, Billy Pennington
Publicity – Ksenia Butt, Lisa Firth
Programme design – Lisa Firth
Box office – Ksenia Butt, Harden Post Office
Stagehands – Paul Addy-Armitage, John Hamilton, Jenny Heath, Sam Robinson
Chaperones – Charlotte Revill (lead chaperone), Lisa Firth, Giles Whistlecraft
Producer – Ksenia Butt
Director/scriptwriter – Lisa Firth
Musical director – Sheila Shenton
